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• Path to Freedom: How the Abolitionist Movement Helped Establish the Underground Railroad (2/26/2020 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM)
  2/26/2020 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

  

  Path to Freedom: How the Abolitionist Movement Helped Establish the Underground Railroad

  As part of our celebration of Black History Month, Owen Muelder from the Galesburg Colony Underground Railroad Freedom Station at Knox College will share his knowledge of how The Abolitionist Movement helped the Underground Railroad in becoming the first socially integrated movement in American history. 

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• Path to Freedom: How the Abolitionist Movement Helped Establish the Underground Railroad (2/26/2020 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM)
  2/26/2020 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

  

  Path to Freedom: How the Abolitionist Movement Helped Establish the Underground Railroad

  As part of our celebration of Black History Month, Owen Muelder from the Galesburg Colony Underground Railroad Freedom Station at Knox College will share his knowledge of how the Abolitionist Movement helped the Underground Railroad in becoming the first socially integrated movement in American history. 

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• Ulysses S. Grant comes to Quincy (2/27/2020 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
  2/27/2020 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

  Ulysses S. Grant comes to Quincy

  Ulysses S. Grant portrayer Dr. Curt Fields will appear in Quincy on February 27. The program will be held at the O’Donnell-Cookson Celebration of Life Home at 1435 State Street and is free and open to the public. Reservations must be made, however, as seating is limited.

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• Wilmette Historical Museum Celebrates Pioneering Women (3/1/2020 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
  3/1/2020 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

  Wilmette Historical Museum Celebrates Pioneering Women

  The Wilmette Historical Museum kicks off Women’s History Month with an exhibit opening and lecture. Stop by from 1-2 p.m. for a free reception and to explore the new exhibit “Wilmette Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling” which highlights some of Wilmette’s most accomplished residents, women who rose to prominence in their chosen fields in the last several decades. 

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• Lunch and Learn Series: Mysteries of the Past (3/3/2020 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM)
  3/3/2020 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

  Lunch and Learn Series: Mysteries of the Past

  UIS student Katie Brethorst ’20 LAS will discuss her experience as an intern helping to unearth important historical artifacts from the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot, located along the 10th Street railroad tracks and Madison Street in Springfield.

  William Iseminger, archaeologist, author and retired assistant site manager of the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, will discuss the prehistoric mysteries of the largest, most complex archaeological site north of Mexico, considered America’s first city.

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