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The Edisons Return at The Gill House
August 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
THE EDISONS RETURN – On Friday, August 11 from 4 PM to 8 PM, a major milestone in the history of the Gill House will be celebrated when Thomas and Mina Edison return to visit. This event commemorates the visit of the Edisons to the house on August 11, 1923, one hundred years earlier to the very day, after their attendance at the funeral of President Warren G. Harding the previous day.
Mina Miller Edison, the second wife of the famous inventor, was a childhood friend of Nellie Stewart Gill. The two met at the Chautauqua Institution in New York State and exchanged visits between Akron, Mina’s home, and Galion. Mina and Nellie were married in the mid-1880s and remained close throughout their lives.
In addition to a visit by re-enactors portraying the Edison, music, food, tours, and vintage cars will be at the house.
