Our Dream
We were told this collection should be
worth millions. The auction didn't agree. If we had made that kind of money, we would have
given away a lot, as described below. These are still great causes and we encourage everyone to support
them.
Big Joe Duskin Music Education
Foundation
Bill founded this organization
in 2007 after Big Joe's passing & is director. Our only mission is to pay local musicians to go
into public elementary schools, do educational presentations and encourage children to join their school
band. www.BigJoeDuskin.org has all the info and great photos of in-school
presentations.
Field Trips
Kids need to get out of their schools
and neighborhoods and go to places where they can experience the real world. We searched for
everything we could think of for field trips in the Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton area and came up with
this list. We believe all of these provide great experiences for students and should be
visited. They are listed in alphabetical
order.
Aviation
Trail
Boonshoft Museum of
Discovery
Carillon Historical
Park
Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts
Center
Center of Science &
Industry
Cincinnati Art
Museum
Cincinnati Museum
Center
Cincinnati Observatory
Center
Cincinnati
Zoo
Columbus Museum of
Art
Columbus
Zoo
Daniel Hertzler
House
Dayton Art
Institute
Fort Ancient Archaeological
Park
Gorman
Farm
Heritage Center of Clark
County
National Afro-American Museum & Cultural
Center
National Museum of the U. S. Air
Force
Ohio Historical
Center
Pennsylvania
House
Springfield Museum of
Art
Taft Museum of
Art
Underground Railroad Freedom
Center
Westcott
House
Cincinnati was the fastest growing city in North America
just prior to the Civil War. Some people were actually advocating moving the nation's capital
here. Cincinnati was expected to be the largest and finest city in North America. Until the Civil
War. From September 2-11, 1862, Cincinnati was under martial law. 12,000 soldiers and 60,000
volunteers from throughout Ohio & Indiana crossed a makeshift bridge made of coal barges and started Fort
Mitchell, Fort Wright and Fort Thomas. The Confederate army came within a few miles before
retreating. The city of Florence, KY was under their control. Having the enemy that
close caused businesses to move to Detroit and Chicago, which were smaller at that time. Then
poor, under-educated people of all backgrounds from all over the south moved here looking for
jobs. There was no federal aid back then and Cincinnati has never really recovered.
This is why we still have our inner city issues, similar to other large cities just north
of what used to be slave states, like Indianapolis and St. Louis. Education is the
key.
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