grace & Morgan
Sedona
Kamala harris book tour
CHICAGO
Dayton AIR SHOW
C-130J HERCULES
whidbey island
we love our nephew!
miamisburg mound
Cincinnati riverboat cruise for toms birthday
WEDDING day
Las Vegas
With Love & Thanks
Your presence at our wedding is the best gift we could possibly receive. We already have a fully established household so we are requesting no physical gifts. If you would like to help us celebrate, a contribution toward our future life together would be sincerely appreciated.
Wedding Dinner
Our Celebration
July 25, 2026
5:30 PM
The Location
Graze Restaurant
1 South Pinckney St
Madison, WI 53703
Local Legends & Innovations of Ohio
Ermal Fraze & Soda Tabs
Ermal Fraze, a longtime Kettering resident, invented the pull-tab beverage can in 1959 after showing up to a picnic without a bottle opener. Frustrated, he came up with the idea for a can that could be opened by pulling a built-in tab.
Birthplace of Aviation
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright developed the ideas and engineering that made powered flight possible while working in their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. Their hands-on experimentation, problem-solving, and craftsmanship in that bike shop laid the foundation for modern aviation.
The Traffic Stop Light
Garrett Morgan, an African American inventor from Cleveland, created one of the earliest three-position traffic signals, adding a “caution” phase that helped prevent crashes at busy intersections. His design became a key step toward the modern red-yellow-green traffic light system used around the world today.
NCR (National Cash Register)
The first successful mechanical cash register was developed in Dayton, Ohio, in 1879 by saloon owner James Ritty, who wanted a way to stop employees from skimming cash. His invention, nicknamed the “Incorruptible Cashier,” later evolved when the company he started was purchased and improved into what became the National Cash Register (NCR) Company, headquartered in Dayton.
Miamisburg Mound
The largest conical burial mound in the eastern United States. Built by the ancient Adena culture, it stands 65 feet tall, spans 800 feet in circumference, and features a public staircase leading to an observation platform with sweeping area views.
First Professional Baseball Team
The roots of the Cincinnati Reds go back to the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who are widely recognized as the first fully professional baseball team in history. That means they were the first team to openly pay all of their players a salary, helping launch professional baseball as we know it today—and cementing Cincinnati’s place in baseball history.