The Richard E. Hart Memorial Porch Side Chats “Growing Up in Springfield” Jenni Dahl / 5/3/2023 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 0 323 Article rating: No rating 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. Read more
The Richard E. Hart Memorial Porch Side Chats “Growing Up in Springfield” Jenni Dahl / 5/17/2023 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 0 333 Article rating: No rating 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. Read more
The Richard E. Hart Memorial Porch Side Chats “Growing Up in Springfield” Jenni Dahl / 5/31/2023 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 0 340 Article rating: No rating 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. Read more
2023 ALHFAM Conference Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museum Jenni Dahl / 6/23/2023 - 6/26/2023 0 592 Article rating: No rating Join us at the 2023 ALHFAM Conference June 23-26 Saunder Village in Northwest Ohio Visit ALHFAM.org for more information Read more
The Secrets of Lincoln’s Illinois Photographs. Jenni Dahl / 3/24/2023 5:00 PM 0 581 Article rating: No rating The Elkhart Historical Society will welcome historian Mark Sorensen of Decatur to the podium for the Friday, March 24, 2023, dinner lecture, The Secrets of Lincoln’s Illinois Photographs. Between 1856 and 1861 there were 32 known photo images of Abraham Lincoln taken in Illinois. From the daguerreotype of slick-haired Lincoln preparing to go to Congress, to the only ambrotype of lawyer Lincoln in his “Matlockesque” white coat, to the newly bearded president-elect Lincoln leaving Springfield, historian Mark Sorensen will reveal the back story of thirteen of these images in his illustrated presentation. Read more