C.H. Moore Homestead Christmas Candlelight Tours DeWitt County Museum Association Rosemary Feurer / 12/22/2023 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM 0 77 Article rating: No rating This year’s decorating theme is “Christmas Ball.” These special candlelight tours are open to the public and take place on Friday evenings only; beginning the Friday following Thanksgiving, November 24h. The remainder of the tours will take place December 1, 8, 15, and 22 from 5-8pm each night (doors close at 7:30pm). In addition, the Museum Gift Shop, which offers a variety of Christmas ornaments and decor, gift items, books, Apple ‘n Pork Festival apple butter, and more, will be open during the extended candlelight tour hours. www.chmoorehomestead.org Read more
From the Monticello Female Seminary Archives: The Civil War Letters of Captain David Norton to Mary Chapman Macoupin County Civil War Round Table Rosemary Feurer / 11/19/2023 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 0 70 Article rating: No rating Girard Township Library featured presentation at the monthly meeting of the Macoupin County Civil War Round Table; visitors welcome Read more
Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Brian M. Jordan and Michelle Krowl Lincoln Presidential Foundation Rosemary Feurer / 12/6/2023 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 0 137 Article rating: No rating Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Brian M. Jordan and Michelle Krowl Wednesday, December 6, 2023 7 p.m. CT (Zoom webinar) Join us for a conversation on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, with editor Brian Matthew Jordan and featured author Michelle Krowl as they discuss the soon-to-be-released book Join us for a conversation on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, with editor Brian Matthew Jordan and featured author Michelle Krowl as they discuss the soon-to-be-released book Join us for a conversation on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, with editor Brian Matthew Jordan and featured author Michelle Krowl as they discuss the soon-to-be-released book Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graveswhich reflects on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation―and how those meanings still influence Americans today. which reflects on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation―and how those meanings still influence Americans today. Read more
Living Treasures of Edgewater Awards Ceremony Edgewater Historical Society Rosemary Feurer / 11/4/2023 1:00 PM - 11/5/2023 2:00 PM 0 66 Article rating: No rating The Edgewater Historical Society invites you to attend the Living Treasures of Edgewater Awards Ceremony, to honor residents and former residents of Edgewater who have made a difference in the lives of their fellow residents. These deeds can be small or large but all contributed to the betterment of our community. Read more
Four Score Speaker Series: Dr. Ronald C. White Abraham Lincoln presidential Foundation Rosemary Feurer / Sunday, November 5, 2023 0 64 Article rating: No rating Join us on Tuesday, November 14th for an exciting conversation on zoom with author Ronald C. White on his latest biography, On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, due to be published by Penguin Random House on October 31, 2023 Read more