Freedom & Remembrance Memorial Park/Historical Markers Dedication Elaine Evans / 6/14/2023 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 0 35 The City of Peoria will host a program on Flag Day, Wednesday, June 14 at 10:00 a.m. to acknowledge the naming of a parcel located at 3917 SW Adams Street as Freedom & Remembrance Memorial Park and dedicate three ISHS Historical Markers. The markers explain the significance of Nance Legins-Costley, Peoria’s Moffatt Cemetery, and the Civil War Veterans Interred in Moffatt Cemetery. The program will be held across the street at the corner of West Montana and South Griswold Streets. Street parking will be available. Read more
ISHS Historical Marker Dedication—Wilhelmina “Minnie” Vauterin, “Goddess of Mercy” at Nanjing ISHS Historical Marker Dedication—Wilhelmina “Minnie” Vauterin, “Goddess of Mercy” at Nanjing Illinois State Historical Society Elaine Evans / 4/12/2023 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 0 302 The ISHS will unveil the "Minnie Vautrin–American Goddess of Mercy at Nanjing" on Wednesday, April 12 at 1 p.m. in Secor Community Park. This marker commemorates the life of Wilhelmina "Minnie" Vautrin, a missionary and educator in Nanjing from 1912-1940, who served as president of Gingling College–the first college to grant a baccalaureate degree to women in China. Vautrin was in Nanjing in 1937 during the Rape of Nanjing. Read more
2023 "Best of Illinois History" Awards and Annual Meeting Banquet 2023 "Best of Illinois History" Awards and Annual Meeting Banquet Illinois State Historical Society Elaine Evans / 4/29/2023 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM 0 1335 Mark your calendars! The Illinois State Historical Society will host its 124th Annual Meeting this year at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield on April 29, 2023. At this time, the ISHS will recognize the ISHS's "Best of Illinois History" award recipients for 2023. Twenty-nine remarkable nominees will be honored and awarded for their outstanding achievements and publications on Illinois history. Read more
ISHS Historical Marker, Carthage Illinois Campus (1870-1964), Dedication ISHS Historical Marker, Carthage Illinois Campus (1870-1964), Dedication Elaine Evans / 10/15/2022 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 0 672 In recognition of Carthage’s 175th anniversary, we invite you to join in celebrating an essential part of the College’s history — the Carthage Illinois Campus (1870-1964) and all of those who attended there — with the installation of an Illinois State Historical Society marker on the original site in Carthage, Illinois. Read more
Prudence Crandall Historical Marker Dedication Prudence Crandall Historical Marker Dedication La Salle County Historical Society, Mendota Museum and Historical Society, Village of Troy Grove, William G. Pomeroy Foundation, and the Illinois State Historical Society Historical Elaine Evans / 6/25/2022 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 0 690 Please join the La Salle County Historical Society, the Mendota Museum and Historical Society, the Village of Troy Grove, the William G. Pomeroy Foundation and the Illinois State Historical Society Historical at the formal ISHS historical marker dedication for Prudence Crandall a courageous woman who fought racial bigotry in New England and then moved for refuge to La Salle County. Read more