ISHS Advisory Board member Dr. Alonzo Ward to speak at the Oglesby Mansion Illinois State Historical Society Elaine Evans / 9/24/2023 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 0 268 Associate Professor of History at Eastern Illinois University Dr. Alonzo Ward will speak on the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution (often called the reconstruction Amendments) and their effect on African-American migration to Illinois and Industrialization of the Illinois economy. Read more
Historical Marker Ceremony George Washington Carver Community Center Rosemary Feurer / 10/8/2023 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 0 31 100th year Historical Marker Ceremony. The George Washington Carver Community Center is officially an historic site. Join us as we Celebrate the unveiling of the official marker and veiw the new childcare center and programs. October 8, 2023, 12-1 PM 710 West 3rd Street, Peoria IL 61605. Free; Open House; Music; Cake, Carver Merch Read more
Historical Marker Ceremony George Washington Carver Community Center Rosemary Feurer / 10/8/2023 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 0 32 100th year Historical Marker Ceremony. The George Washington Carver Community Center is officially an historic site. Join us as we Celebrate the unveiling of the official marker and veiw the new childcare center and programs. October 8, 2023, 12-1 PM 710 West 3rd Street, Peoria IL 61605. Free; Open House; Music; Cake, Carver Merch Read more
Beginnings! New Harmony Travel Opportunity Tour the place where earliest minerals & fossils from southern Illinois were stored, identified and mappedBeginnings! New Harmony Travel Opportunity Rosemary Feurer / Thursday, September 21, 2023 0 13 This tour highlights the place where the earliest collection of sample minerals and fossils from southern Illinois were stored, identified, and mapped by our state's first geologist, Dr. J.G. Norwood, between 1851 and 1954. Read more
Echoes of Yesteryear: A Walk Through Oak Ridge Cemetery Sangamon County Historical Society Rosemary Feurer / 10/1/2023 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM 0 39 History comes alive as actors dressed in period costumes share thepersonal stories of eight individuals who made significant contributionsto our community and are buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery Read more