Black Wednesday Tornado From April 3, 1974, Remembered in Xenia, Ohio

Black Wednesday Tornado From April 3, 1974, Remembered in Xenia, Ohio
Greene Memorial Hospital's PR director Fred Stewart took this iconic photograph of the April 3, 1974 tornado that destroyed Xenia. Courtesy of the Greene County Historical Society
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Time stood still on an early spring afternoon 48 years ago, and life was forever impacted in my hometown of Xenia, Ohio.

April 3, 1974. Those of us who lived in Xenia and are old enough to remember vividly recall where we were when the clocks stopped around 4:40 p.m.

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