Illinois Humanities Announces Second Round of “Forgotten Illinois” Grants Elaine Evans / Thursday, August 30, 2018 0 2741 Illinois Humanities announced today the second round of grants as part of the “Forgotten Illinois” initiative, which is meant to help celebrate the Illinois Bicentennial in 2018 and to spark curiosity about Illinois history and its implications for our state’s present and future. The program is carried out in partnership with the Illinois State Historical Society. Read more
DEKALB Ag Historical Marker Dedication Elaine Evans / 9/11/2018 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM 0 2791 DeKalb Area Agricultural Heritage Association (DAAHA) today announced plans to dedicate on September 11 an ISHS historical marker recognizing yet another example of local agricultural innovation that has had national and international ramifications. The marker recognizes the transformative impact on global agriculture of DeKalb AgResearch, aka, DEKALB Genetics Corporation. The company’s early and sustained success in the development and commercialization of hybrid seed corn, and later in the development and commercialization of other crop seeds and animals, helped to transform agriculture and with it, the livelihoods of countless people. Read more
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Interpreters to Focus on "Quincy’s Greatest Day" Lincoln-Douglas Debate Advisory Board, Quincy Elaine Evans / 10/11/2018 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM 0 5755 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas portrayals and a speech by the National Park Service’s Lincoln Home historian on the evening of October 11 will celebrate Quincy’s observance of the 160th anniversary of what some local historians call the city’s greatest day. On October 13, 1858, the Lincoln-Douglas debate in Quincy drew more than 12,000 people from three states to Quincy’s Washington Park. That sixth of the seven debates was for Lincoln the “turning point” in his campaign to win Douglas’s U.S. senate seat. It was in Quincy that Lincoln “took off the gloves” in his contest with Douglas. Read more
The Norway Building Historical Marker Dedication The Norway Building Historical Marker Dedication Elaine Evans / 8/25/2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 0 3019 Join the Illinois State Historical Society and the kingdom of Norway at the unveiling of a new ISHS historical marker to commemorate the "Norway Building," at noon on Saturday, August 25, at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The Norway Building, modeled after the Norwegian stave churches of the Middle Ages, is one of the few buildings from the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in original condition and the only one to return to its country of origin. The historical marker commemorates the location of the Norway Building at the Exhibition, and chronicles its history in the US and Norway. Read more
Lake Michigan Aircraft Carriers Historical Marker Dedication Elaine Evans / 9/7/2018 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM 0 2442 The veterans of American Legion post 1247 and the Illinois State Historical Society cordially invite the general public to the dedication ceremony of the Lake Michigan Aircraft Carriers historical marker. Read more