The Heritage Center: Wartime support from back home

As in all wars, soldiers received generous support from the people back home. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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As in all wars, soldiers received generous support from the people back home. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Updated May 26, 2018
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As in all wars, soldiers received generous support from the people back home.

This scene at the Heritage Center depicts a Civil War parlor arranged for a women's relief meeting. Inside is an authentic "lint" basket used to gather material for dressing wounds.

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Also included is a patriotic shadow box, and an original flag presented to Clark County by the Great Western Sanitary Fair for raising the most funds in Ohio to support war relief efforts.

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