**POSTPONED** Stone Mill Museum Historical Marker Dedication Sandwich Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society Elaine Evans / 5/16/2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 0 2445 **This dedication has been postponed. A new calendar listing will be posted when the new dedication date is determined.** Join us on Saturday,May 16, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. for the dedication of the Stone Mill Museum historical marker. The brief dedication will be followed by an open house and refreshments at the museum. The public is invited to attend the celebration. Location: Stone Mill Museum 315 E. Railroad Street Sandwich, Illinois 60548 (Map) Read more
Stone Mill Museum Historical Marker Dedication Sandwich Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society Elaine Evans / 7/4/2021 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 0 820 Join us on Sunday July 4, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. for the dedication of the Stone Mill Museum historical marker. The brief dedication will be followed by an open house and refreshments at the museum. The public is invited to attend the celebration. Location: Stone Mill Museum 315 E. Railroad Street Sandwich, Illinois 60548 (Map) Read more
2021 ISHS History Symposium Elaine Evans / 4/22/2021 10:00 AM - 4/24/2021 5:00 PM 0 1208 The 2021 ISHS History Symposium will be online starting April 15. The program is a combination of recorded, on-demand sessions and live sessions (April 22-24). With the theme "Changing Historical Landscapes," the lineup features historians, artists, and community members engaged in efforts to reimagine, reinvigorate, and revise commemoration and historical interpretation throughout the state. Live sessions will be broadcast via Zoom Webinar and the ISHS YouTube Channel. Attendees must complete a simple, free registration for each live session.The Symposium schedule and registration links can be found here. Read more
2021 Best of Illinois History Awards and ISHS Annual Meeting Elaine Evans / 4/23/2021 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 0 2057 This past year was challenging on multiple levels, not just because of the pandemic but due to the stress our museums, historical societies, and other educational communities have endured to keep our doors open (even when closed), and to give our staffs and volunteers meaningful tasks and goals to achieve. How empowering to know that even in an international crisis and lockdown we still can enrich other lives by sharing our Illinois history. Our “Best of Illinois History” celebration takes place over Zoom beginning at 4 p.m., on Friday, April 23. Read more
House of Alvarus Gage, Founder of Somonauk, Historical Marker Dedication DeKalb County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society Elaine Evans / 10/17/2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 0 2548 Join us on Saturday, October 17, at 1 p.m. for the dedication of the House of Alvarus Gage, Founder of Somonauk historical marker. Read more