Union Terminal is a unique and special building in Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Today the old Union Terminal serves as the home to the Cincinnati Children's Museum, The Cincinnati Natural History Museum, and the Cincinnati Historic Society Museum and Library. The library of the historic society contains many of the earliest documents generated by the fire department. Annual reports signed by Miles Greenwood and photographs of early fire disasters represent a small portion of the fire department collection at the historic society. Protecting and celebrating the history of the fire department and the region is now the primary purpose of the Union Terminal. It is critical that we value and protect our history. Union Terminal is one of the most iconic buildings in the area and has come to be a natural fit for these institutions of preservation. Today voters decide on Issue 8 which would give the museum center the funds needed to repair and maintain the building. Saving Union Terminal has been a major issue in the past. Efforts to protect it even included turning it into a shopping center. Talk to a great many WW2 veterans who had to travel through the Midwest both to their point of departure and to return home and you will find that they often have fantastic memories of Cincinnati's Union Terminal. The building and its institutions are a window into our past and a foundation for our future. Please consider the importance of this building when determining your position on Issue 8.
Union Terminal & Cincinnati Salvage Corps Apparatus
Courtesy - Cincinnati Fire Museum
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