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30th Annual Illinois History Symposium

“Abolition: The Spark that Ignited the Second American Revolution"

March 7-9, 2010
Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois

Highlights: (Click here for preliminary program)

Sunday, March 7

Illinois Sesquicentennial Churches Award Ceremony and Banquet

Monday and Tuesday, March 8-9

Illinois History Symposium
featuring panels, presentations, workshops, and new research about

	The Underground Railroad in Illinois
	The Election of 1860
	Slavery in French Illinois and the Northwest Territory
	Abraham Lincoln and the abolitionists
	Women abolitionists in Illinois
	Methodism and abolition

CPDU's available for teachers who register for the symposium

Plus

Tours of the

	Billy Graham Center Museum
	Marion E. Wade Center
	The Center for History Wheaton Historic Preservation Council
	DuPage County Historical Museum

and

	Special workshops for museum professionals on costume presentation and interpretation
	Seminars on preparing for the Civil War Sesquicentennial

Registration information

Complete this form and mail it to: ISHS,

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Registration Fees (Deadline: February 15; please add $15 for late or walk-in registration)

Wheaton College students and alumni with IDs admitted free to all symposium programs (meals extra).

*Day*	*Event*	*Cost*	*Number of Registrants*	*Amount Due*
*Sunday*
	*2010 Sesquicentennial Church Awards Banquet*	*$65*
*Monday only*	*(includes Monday lunches and receptions)*
	*Member*	*$100 ($90 if paid by 1/31/2010)*
	*Non-member*	*$120 ($108 if paid by 1/31/2010)*
*Tuesday only*	*(includes Tuesday lunches and receptions)*
	*Member*	*$100 ($90 if paid by 1/31/2010)*
	*Non-member*	*$120 ($108 if paid by 1/31/2010)*
*Both days*	*(includes both days lunches and receptions)*
	*Member*	*$200 ($180 if paid by 1/31/2010*
	*Non-member*	*$240 ($216 if paid by 1/31/2010)*
*Tuesday*
	*Breakfast with speaker (7am at Crowne Plaza Glen Ellyn-Lombard Hotel)*	*$30*
	*Total Enclosed*

*Check, money order, Visa or MasterCard. (There is a $3 credit card processing fee.)* *Credit Card information:*
*Name on Card*
*Mailing Address for Card (if different than above)*
*Card Number*		*Expiration Date*

Lodging:

The Crowne Plaza Glen Ellyn-Lombard
1250 Roosevelt Road
Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137

has blocked several rooms for the Illinois History Symposium at the rate of $79 per night (plus tax).

Make your reservations at 630-629-6000. The hotel is 4 miles from the Wheaton College campus. A 22-passenger shuttle bus will be available to take registrants to and from the symposium site.

Illinois State Historical Society * P.O. Box 1800, Springfield, IL 62705-1800 * 217-525-2781*Webmaster: Terri Cameron tcameron@historyillinois.org