WHITE GLOVE TREATMENT--Ellice Ronshein, left, and Karen Hassel of the Ohio Historical Society unfurl the first state flag, made in 1901 at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus Ohio, on Wednesday, June 26, 1996. The flag will be part of a 7000-square-foot exhibit at the Statehouse Education and Visitors' Center on the ground level of the capital.

GETTING READY WITH STYLE--Dennis Trimble, Dep. Director of Bld & Grounds, begins hanging bunting on the north side of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus Ohio, on Wednesday, June 26, 1996.

JUSTA LITTLE TO THE LEFT--Workers struggle to hang the painting "Signing of the Treaty of Greene Ville" in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus Ohio, on Wednesday, June 26, 1996. The painting, by artist Howard C. Chandler was completed in 1945 and symbolizes the 1795 treaty between the Miami tribal leader Little Turtle, and General Anthony Wayne.

HUG A LAMP POST--Steve Salmon works on one of the decorative lamp posts on the east side of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus Ohio, on Wednesday, June 26, 1996.