Myers Inn

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Myers Inn Museum and Gift Shop home of Big Walnut Area Historical Society faces Sunbury Village Square in the center of Sunbury, Ohio Open 12-3 on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays 10-5 on Saturdays located at 45 South Columbus but MAIL MUST GO TO P.O. Box 362, Sunbury. Ohio 43074 Newsletters: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, Past Newsletters
	William B. Kurtz, Ph.D. Managing Director and Digital Historian John L. Nau III Center for the Study of the American Civil War, UVA, and author of the article "Old Rosey (Reconsidered)" in the Summer 2019 issue of the "Civil War Monitor," visited Sunbury May 10th to see the statue of General Rosecrans and meet with Polly Horn of the Big Walnut Area Historical Society. "We discussed Rosey over dinner at Surve," noted Horn. "We talked about his upcoming article and the book he is writing about the our General then we took a drive out to the General's birthplace on Rosecrans Road. Polly Horn and William Kurtz
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Continue Cupp Paperweight Story from January Newsletter More about Paperweight and history of Whitney Insurance Agency Calendar of Events No Program Meetings in August No Board of Trustees meeting in August Stories read by Big Walnut Area Historical Society Members at Community Library 10:30-11:30 Saturday July 20, for grades 1-4 Day Trip to see Art on Portsmouth Flood Wall Leave at 9:00 a.m. at Myers Inn see details above Upcoming Programs 6:00 Tuesday, August 13, Annual Old-Fashioned Picnic in Shelter House behind Sunbury United Methodist Church at 100 W Cherry Street Sunbury - Go thru the lower parking lot Bring a dish to pass, your table service, drink and a FRIEND **7:30 Tuesday, August 13, Ghost Towns of Marion County by Gail Martin**

Cats Meow Sunbury Town Hall - $18 Myers Inn Museum - $18
Iron Plant or Lamp Holders $5 to $10 made in the Myers Inn Blacksmith Shop by Rick Helwig Children's Historical Fiction The Belling (in Sunbury, Ohio) by John Durham Lou Henry Mugs - $14 to $24 Pirate Activities Book Vintage Paperdolls and Coloring Books Norman Rockwell Coloring Book Christian Historical Fiction Children's Books by local Author Karen Meyer A Bit about Our Past in the Big Walnut Community and More About Our Past in Big Walnut Community both compiled by Suzanne Allen for Big Walnut Area Historical Society Sunbury's Bicentennial Heritage Cookbook Compiled and published by Big Walnut Area Historical Society $22 in Myers Inn Gift Shop Self-Guided Auto Tour Booklets of Big Walnut's Historical Treasures Learn More

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Blacksmith Forge in the Barn Learn more about the barn - See Photos - Photo from Picnic 2018 Big Walnut Middle School Community Service Day April 27, 2018 Marking Graves Korean Vets and Vietnam Vets in Sunbury Memorial Park Rug Hookers exhibit art - March 2018 BWAHS President Comisford Recognizes 4-H Club for Soldier Tributes Visit to Sunbury Boulder - 2017 July 4th Parade in front of Myers Inn *Honoring Vets in Burnside (Bon Air) Cemetery - May 28, 2017* BWMS Community Service Day April 21,2017 Sunbury Bicentennial Parade at Myers Inn 2016 *Making Knot Dolls at Community Library - June 13, 2016* Civil War School Day Photos May 13, 2016 Big Walnut Middle School Students Honor WWII Vets with BWAHS in Sunbury Memorial Park - 2016 *General Rosecrans' Portrait Donated to Museum* *Writer for Aurora Advocate* Visits Sunbury Photos Marion, Ohio Field Trip**
Home of Big Walnut Area Historical Society Sunbury, Ohio
Preserving Yesterday, Today, for Tomorrow
Visit the Statue to General William S. Rosecrans on Sunbury Village Square
History of Alan Cottrill's Equestrian Statue of Major General W. S. Rosecrans

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