Cubs vs Cardinals Cubs vs Cardinals Shaggy / Wednesday, March 15, 2017 0 0 Article rating: No rating Vote for your favorite team by visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum’s newest exhibit in Springfield, Illinois! Take an interactive look at the historic baseball rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. You will learn more about each team’s history and see original relics from the players, managers, broadcasters, and owners who built each franchise. Read more
Historic Churches to be Honored Historic Churches to be Honored Shaggy / Monday, May 9, 2016 0 819 Article rating: 3.0 The Illinois State Historical Society invites 150-year-old Illinois houses of worship to apply for official recognition as "Illinois Sesquicentennial Churches." Congregations that have continuously met since 1866 or earlier are invited to apply for the designation (synagogues too) through the Society's Sesquicentennial Church program. Applications are available on-line at www.historyillinois.org, or from the Society. Call 217-525-2781 for an application. The deadline for applications is June 30, 2016. Houses of worship will be honored at a special luncheon this fall in Peoria. UPDATE: Application deadline extended, submit your house of worship today. Download Application here Read more
2016 Annual Tour Recap - From Immigrant to Elite 2016 Annual Tour Recap - From Immigrant to Elite Photo Gallery William Furry / Monday, April 4, 2016 0 1854238 Article rating: No rating 2016 Illinois State Historical Society annual tour, "From Immigrant to Elite," a moveable feast of sites and sounds and edible wonders in Chicago. We did it all in one day! Take a look at the photo gallery within to see all the excitement that happened and the places we visited. Just think, less than a year till the next one! Read more
Annual Funding Appeal Annual Funding Appeal Please make a gift today. Illinois history isn't the same without you! Shaggy / Monday, November 30, 2015 0 5379 Article rating: No rating Dear friends of the Illinois State Historical Society, The year 2015 is almost history, but your Society continues its mission “to foster awareness, understanding, research, preservation and recognition of history in Illinois.” With the Illinois bicentennial now only two years away, we look forward to commemorating and celebrating with you two centuries of Prairie State history. Read more