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• The Richard E. Hart Memorial Porch Side Chats (5/31/2023 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM)
  5/31/2023 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

  The Richard E. Hart Memorial Porch Side Chats

  The Richard E. Hart Memorial Porch Side Chats spring series continues on the theme of “Growing Up in Springfield.” This spring’s series of three programs will be presented at the Elijah Iles House, 628 South Seventh Street on May 3, 17, and 31. The talks will start at 5:30 p.m. and will last about an hour. Light refreshments will be served afterwards. Admission is free, but donations are cheerfully accepted. For more information email ileshouse1998@gmail.com or visit www.ileshouse.org.

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• An Introduction to Armenian Culture, History, and the Armenian Genocide (6/11/2023 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
  6/11/2023 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

  An Introduction to Armenian Culture, History, and the Armenian Genocide

   

  “An Introduction to Armenian Culture, History, and the Armenian Genocide” is the topic for the June 11 Speaker Series program from the Madison County Historical Society (MCHS). Historian Norma Asadorian, whose Armenian grandparents immigrated to Granite City, Illinois, will introduce the audience to Armenian culture and the Armenian genocide. The program will begin at 2 p.m. at the Main Street Community Center at 1003 N. Main Street in Edwardsville, Illinois. The program is free and open to the public.

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• 2023 History Makers Gala (6/21/2023 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM)
  6/21/2023 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

  2023 History Makers Gala

  Join us in celebrating the legacies of our 2023 History Makers (Dotti Bushnell, Mary & Hank Campbell, Willie and Charles Halbert, and Guy Fraker). The History Makers Gala will be held on Wednesday, June 21st, at the Brown Ballroom on the campus of Illinois State University. The Gala dinner will feature live entertainment that celebrates the honorees and their service to our community. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the program beginning at 6:15 p.m.

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• 2023 ALHFAM Conference (6/23/2023 - 6/26/2023)
  6/23/2023 - 6/26/2023

  2023 ALHFAM Conference

  Join us at the 2023 ALHFAM Conference

  June 23-26
  Saunder Village in Northwest Ohio
  Visit ALHFAM.org for more information

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• Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois (9/16/2023 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
  9/16/2023 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

  

  Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois

  Robert D. Sampson talks about his new book, Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins, a first-ever history of early baseball in Illinois that adds the Prairie State game’s unique shadings and colorful stories to the history of the national pastime.

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