NEW CHAMBER PRESIDENT--Sally Jackson, the new president and CEO of The Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, gestures as she makes her first appearance at the 113th annual meeting, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1997. Jackson, is the former president and CEO of the Illinois State Chamber.

HERE STOOD LINCOLN--Joel Flint wears a Civil War uniform as he gives students from Northtowne Elementary School a tour of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1997. Behind Flint is a plaque honoring Abraham Linclon. On Saturday, Feb. 22, the Statehouse Education and Visistors Center will commemorate the passage of the 13th Amendment by celebrating with the firing of guns and cannons.