State education leader, history buff LaRue to speak at Spring Grove
On Sept. 7, Ohio State Board of Education President Paul LaRue will present a free public talk at Medina’s Spring Grove Cemetery focused on historic preservation and the upcoming America 250 commemoration.File
Paul LaRue, president of the Ohio State Board of Education, will speak at Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina on Sept. 7 as part of a free public event highlighting cemetery preservation and local history.Submitted
Paul LaRue, president of the Ohio
State Board of Education and nationally recognized educator, will be the
featured speaker at an upcoming Friends of the Cemetery event titled “I Never
Met a Cemetery I Didn’t Like.”
The free public presentation will take
place Sunday, Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. at Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, near
the Soldiers’ Mound at the Spring Grove Street entrance.
LaRue is widely known for his work in
history education and cemetery preservation. He currently serves as co-chair of
the America 250 Ohio K-12 Education Committee and has received multiple state
and national awards, including Ohio History Teacher of the Year, Time Warner’s
National Teacher of the Year, and the History Channel’s First Place Innovation
in History Education Award.
His talk will coincide with
preparations for the America 250 commemoration and supports the Friends of the
Cemetery’s ongoing mission to restore historic gravestones, including those of
Revolutionary War patriots, in Medina’s Old Town Graveyard.
Spring Grove Cemetery, listed on the
National Register of Historic Places, is also part of the National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom and functions as a global arboretum.
For more information, visit
www.friendsofmedinacemetery.org or call 330-591-4870.
