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Poland unveils new Ohio Historical Marker
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Three Poland Historical Society members stood next to the Ohio Historical Marker for the Little Red Schoolhouse and Poland Township on May 14. Pictured, from left, are Dave Smith, Ted Heineman and Larry Bartos.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The Ohio Historical Marker was unveiled on May 14 at the Poland Little Red Schoolhouse. Pictured, from left, are Richard Weaver (Board of Education President), Ohio State Representative John Boccieri, Joanne Wollet (PHS Trustee) and Pete Sturbi (original member of the PHS).
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.On May 14 at the Poland Little Red Schoolhouse, the Ohio Historical Marker was unveiled and dedicated to the Little Red Schoolout and Poland Township.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Members of the Poland Historical Society stood by the Little Red Schoolhouse Ohio Historical Marker on May 14 to celebrate the unveiling and dedication to the Little Red Schoolhouse and Poland Township Marker.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Poland Historical Society Member, Regina Rees, dressed up as a school teacher from the Little Red Schoolhouse to talk about the history of it during the Ohio Historical Mark unveiling on May 14.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Poland Historical Society had an unveiling and dedication of an Ohio Historical Marker in Poland Township on May 14.
The Historical Marker is located outside of the Little Red Schoolhouse, one of two things that remains from the early settlers of Poland Township. The Historical Marker commemorates Poland Township as the first township surveyed in the New Connecticut Western Reserve and the Little Red Schoolhouse as a 19th century one-room school building.
The Poland Historical Society, Poland Township Trustees and the Ohio History Connection are sponsoring the marker. This marker is the sixth one in Poland and the 43rd in Mahoning County. The Poland Historical Society reached out to the Ohio History Connection and received support to make the dedication of the Historical Marker happen.
There was a meeting prior to the unveiling in which speakers from the Poland Historical Society, the Poland Board of Education and many others spoke about Poland Township. Regina Rees, a member of the Poland Historical Society, dressed up as a teacher from the Little Red Schoolhouse to give a presentation on the history of the schoolhouse.
“The beginning of Poland Township started 220 years ago, or to be more exact, the year 1796,” said Tim Heineman, a Poland Historical Society Trustee.
Ohio State Representative John Boccieri received a proclamation for this Memorial Day in honor of the dedication of the schoolhouse.
“This schoolhouse, this dedication, is a significant part of our history going forward,” said Boccieri.
Andry Verhoff, Grant Manager for the Ohio Historical Connection, attended the event to speak about the dedication. Verhoff spoke on the markers program, which began in 1957, and since then more than 1,500 markers have been placed in Ohio. The markers program helps local communities, organizations and places commemorate their history.
“The markers program enables you to understand what was here before,” said Verhoff.