In the spirit and fun of college basketball’s March Madness, The Marion County Historical Society and the Ohio Historical Society invite you to participate in the Second Annual Ohio Memory Madness – a bracket of sixty-four historical objects from across the state all competing for the unique distinction of being named the 2014 Ohio Memory Madness Champion. Since the historical objects featured in the bracket are unable to play tournament style basketball, the winner of Ohio Memory Madness will be determined by public online voting at www.ohiohistoryhost.org/madness.
The Ohio Memory Madness bracket features images of iconic historical objects culled from Ohio Memory, the collaborative digital library project of the Ohio Historical Society and the State Library of Ohio, with digital collections from 360 cultural heritage institutions representing all of Ohio’s 88 counties. Voters can learn more about each object by scrolling over each image to view a description, or click on the image to visit the Ohio Memory image page with more information.
The Marion County Historical Society is proud to have the Harding Campaign Beanie represent Marion County in this exciting statewide competition. The beanie, shown on the site, and which is in our collection, was distributed during the 1920 presidential campaign to support the candidacy of Warren G. Harding, who ran against fellow Ohio newspaper owner James Cox, a Democrat from Dayton. Calvin Coolidge was Harding’s running mate. The blue felt hat has red trim and the words “Harding” sewn in yellow stitching.
Objects will go head to head beginning March 18, and the voting is scheduled as follows:
- First round: March 18-21
- Round of 32: March 22-26
- Sweet 16: March 27-31
- Elite 8: April 1-3
- Final 4: April 4-5
- Championship: April 6-7
Not only can the public vote throughout the tournament to ensure their favorite object makes it to the championship – they can also enter to win a prize pack from the Ohio Historical Society including tickets to the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio, a Retro Ohio t-shirt, and an assortment of Ohio munchies to enjoy while watching that other sport.
The Marion County Historical Society, was founded in 1969, and has nurtured interest in local history through public programming, publishing, lectures, special events, children’s programming and the operation of the Marion County Historical Society museum located in Heritage Hall. For information on MCHS visit www.marionhistory.com or call the museum at 740-387-4255.
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