Birthplace of Easter Seal Society

Birthplace of Easter Seal Society is an Ohio historical marker in Lorain County.

Lorain County · 125 East Broad Street, Elyria, OH, 44035 -- Gates Memorial Hospital, 630 East River Street

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Side A: The nation-wide Easter Seal movement, first major voluntary effort to provide treatment for the crippled, was founded on this site with the organization of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children by Edgar F. (Daddy) Allen, April 22, 1919. Side B: Same

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Marker data: Ohio Historical Markers program, Ohio History Connection (Remarkable Ohio)

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