[Folkserv] FW: [Compstfac] Octagon Earthworks Open House Sunday, October 16 - tour by John Low at 2PM

[Borland, Katherine]

Hi all,

Just to remind folks, the Octagon in Newark is listed among the 80 wonders of the world. They’re working on getting a world heritage  designation.  If you haven’t visited, you really should.

Newark is an easy 45 minute drive east of Columbus Campus.

See the flyer attached - all are welcome - bring your families and friends!  Please share widely!

Sunday, October 16
OCTAGON EARTHWORKS*
125 N. 33RD ST., NEWARK OH
SELF-GUIDED TOURS AVAILABLE
DAYLIGHT TO DUSK
2 P.M. GUIDED TOUR with Associate Professor John Low, PhD, director of the Newark Earthworks Center
The Octagon State Memorial is one of the most spectacular surviving remnants of the Newark Earthworks. Displaying a sophisticated understanding of geometry and astronomy, the Octagon is connected to a perfectly circular enclosure 1,054 feet in diameter. It is a National Historic Landmark that is on track to become a World Heritage site!
* Masks are no longer required butplease continue to practice social distancing whereverpossible.


John N. Low, JD, Ph.D.
Citizen - Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Associate Professor - Department of Comparative Studies
Director - Newark Earthworks Center
Affiliated Faculty - American Indian Studies
Courtesy Appointment - Department of History
Ohio State University - Newark
Winner - American Society for Ethnohistory: Robert F. Heizer Award - best article in the field of ethnohistory (2015) "Vessels for Recollection - The Canoe Building Renaissance in the Great Lakes" Material Culture, Vol. 47, No. 1, Special Issue: Technology (Spring 2015), pp. 1- 31.

Member - Chicago History Museum Board of Trustees

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They're all we have, you see.
All we have to fight off illness and death.
You don't have anything
if you don't have the stories.
Their evil is mighty,
but it can't stand up to our stories. -
Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony


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