Ohio Rising-Journey to Statehood On Independence Day Weekend

249 years and counting.

The United States of America approaches the semiquincentennial.

Next year our great country turns 250 years old.

This week on a special July 4th edition of the President's Podcast, the Historic Site Manager for the Ohio Statehouse, Chris Matheney joins us to talk about his new book, "Ohio Rising, Journey to Statehood."

In a young America, the French and Indian Wars raged, and the Continental Army improvised early wins to save the war, and the Ohio Country rose.

Join us for a walk through time that includes the history of how our state got its name, to the brave men of the Ohio Company that established the state's first settlement in what is now Marietta, and learn how Ohio became an outpost of the American Revolution.