STATEHOUSE NEWS

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The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB) will join with the Ohio Department of Veterans Services to commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day with a special exhibit about Ohioans in the Vietnam War and the observance closing ceremony on March 28. The exhibit will be on view from March 26 to March 29.

Vietnam Veterans Day, March 30 in Ohio, became a reality last year when Governor John Kasich signed Senate Bill 134 into law. March 26-29 of this year marks the first state-level commemoration of Vietnam Veterans Day. The theme of the commemoration is to finally welcome home and honor those who served, and to remember those who gave the last full measure of devotion. The Statehouse exhibit is one of a number of major events planned for the March 26-29 state commemoration.

The exhibit, on display in the Statehouse Museum Gallery, will emphasize the role of Ohioans in the Vietnam War and will include military artifacts such as a Congressional Medal of Honor, a brick from the Hanoi Hilton and objects used by Ohio service men and women during the war. These historical items are from the collections of Motts Military Museum in Groveport, Ohio and the Miami Valley Military Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

"CSRAB is proud to partner with the Ohio Department of Veterans Services to commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day. All of us at the Statehouse are humbled by the service of so many Ohioans during the Vietnam War," CSRAB Executive Director William Carleton said. The exhibition will be on public view in the Ohio Statehouse Museum Gallery.

The closing ceremony for the 2013 observance of Vietnam Veterans Day will be held in the Ohio Statehouse Museum Gallery at 3:00 p.m. on March 28. The ceremony is free and open to the public.

The Statehouse Museum Shop will offer for sale a variety of commemorative items related to Vietnam Veterans Day.

To view this press release and others, visit www.ohiostatehouse.org.

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