Located on the North Plaza (Broad Street)

The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, with help from Westerville's Hawthorne Elementary School students, planted a persimmon tree on April 12, 2011 in honor of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War and the Ohio Statehouse.

Sesquicentennial and Civil War Plaque
In celebration of the
Ohio Statehouse Sesquicentennial
1861 2011
This tree commemorates the
Beginning of the American Civil War
Planted April 12, 2011