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    The laying of the cornerstone for the Dayton Art Institute's new home in May 1928. The building was completed and opened in January 1930. CONTRIBUTED
    Local News
    What you didn’t know about the Dayton Art Institute
    Americana Festival
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    Americana Festival: Celebrating the Fourth for more than 40 years
    Dayton VA Grotto Gardens
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    Dayton’s ‘secret’ garden offers a peaceful escape
    The Poor People’s Campaign
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    Poor People’s Campaign events transformed into virtual march this...
    Dayton Art Institute Art Ball
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    Dayton’s Art Ball has been the swankiest night of the year for more 60...
    Pony House bar
    The story behind downtown restaurant’s gorgeous antique bar
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    PHOTOS: A look back at some of our favorite Troy Strawberry Festival...
    Natalie Clifford Barney
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    Dayton Pride: A short history of one Dayton’s most famous lesbians
    Pvt. George Washington Fair has stood watch over the city for 133 years.
    Local News
    The long, twisting history of Dayton’s giant Main Street monument
    Liberty Tower
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    12 remarkable facts about Dayton history you need to know
    Monuments to the Civil War
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    7 somber military monuments that stand over the region
    Pvt. George Washington Fair has stood watch over the city for 133 years.
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    WANTED: ‘Some broad shouldered, military-looking private’ to pose for...
    A view of the Dayton Racquet Club when it opened in 1971. DAYTON DAILY NEWS/ WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
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    The Dayton Racquet Club once was for ‘select’ members only — and that...
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    PHOTOS: Dayton Racquet Club evolves from a posh private men’s club to...
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    PHOTOS: Illuminated Dayton Arcade puts on a dazzling show
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    PHOTOS: Annie Glenn made her mark on the Miami Valley and Ohio the...
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    PHOTOS: A look back at Community Golf Club
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    PHOTOS: Long-gone amusement park embedded in Possum Creek MetroPark
    Argonne Forest Park
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    Forest conceals long-forgotten amusement park, a 1930s Dayton hot spot
    William Cahill, who learned his trade in Ireland as a boy, returns to SunWatch periodically to repair the roofs. CONTRIBUTED
    Lifestyles
    SunWatch projects continue, as park looks forward to reopening
    Memorial Hall in Dayton was home to countless events over the decades, and among the most notable recurring events were Kenley Players shows. LISA POWELL/STAFF/FILE
    Lifestyles
    Who else remembers the Kenley Players productions at Memorial Hall?
    Zapp explains how it happened
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    Funk innovator killed 21 years ago in one of Dayton’s most shocking...
    Zapp explains how it happened
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    FROM THE ARCHIVES: Newspaper reports from gut-wrenching Troutman 21...
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