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A video tour of the Kelleys Island History Museum

Check out our new video - This is a great opportunity to see what we are all about. There is a little bit about each of our standing exhibits, a look back at some of our more popular one-year only displays (Island electricity, Bathing Beauties, A Kelleys Island Kitchen, and commercial fishing exhibits).  Tour the Kelleys Island History Museum (2019)

Memorial Day on Kelleys Island in 1898

Memorial Day 2020 is behind us and the impact of COVID-19 on this day was keenly felt on the Island. In the past, upwards of 200 people would show up at the cemetery to show their respect to those who fell protecting our freedom and our country. They had speeches, bike races, and parades. Ceremonies today are a bit more low-key.  On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1895. This was the Spanish-American War. The list of island men volunteering include William C. Upp, who had already enlisted in Co. B and was awaiting orders, Edwin L. Upp, Thomas Keating, William Blatt, Andrew Boker and Frederick Hess. Here is how they celebrated  MEMORIAL DAY – 1898 “In the midst of the excitement of the present war comes Memorial Day, the day when we decorate the graves of the boys in blue who died in the effort t