Denzel D. Garrison, former Oklahoma State Senator and OHS Board President, has graciously donated the quilt made by his great grandfather, Stephen A. Lewis. (more…)
In February 1949, a French freighter arrived in New York carrying 49 boxcars filled with gifts of thanks from the French people to the United States. The act was in response to the ‘Friendship Train’ that in 1947 toured the US and collected $40 million worth of food and clothing to aid France at the end of WWII. Every continental US state received a boxcar from the ‘Merci Train’ or ‘Gratitude Train’; Oklahoma’s car was brought to the front of the State Capitol the morning of February 18, 1949. (more…)
