Illinois Heritage, May–June 2018 Illinois Heritage, May–June 2018 Volume 21, Number 3 Elaine Evans / Saturday, April 28, 2018 0 5116 Article rating: No rating The Illinois Bicentennial is now entering its fifth month. We hope you and your historical society or museum are finding significant and creative ways to celebrate and commemorate the anniversary, not just for the year, but for the future. Visit us on our website (www.historyillinois.org) and tell us what your community has planned. We’ll do our best to help you get the word out. In this issue of Illinois Heritage we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial, meet forgotten playwright Charles Dazey, learn how amateur historians and genealogists can change history, and sit down to lunch with Sesquicentennial Church congregations. Share your Heritage! Read more
A Bicentennial Commemorative of the Prairie State: Readings from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society A Bicentennial Commemorative of the Prairie State: Readings from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Elaine Evans / Tuesday, April 24, 2018 0 2634 Article rating: No rating A Bicentennial Commemorative of the Prairie State: Readings from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Edited by David W. Scott Foreword by Leah Joy Axelrod Culled from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society’s 110-year archive of scholarship, this curated volume of more than thirty articles offers insights into the colorful episodes, meaningful events, and significant characters in the rich history of Illinois. Edited by David W. Scott and selected by committee, A Bicentennial Commemorative of the Prairie State celebrates the state’s two-hundred-year history with a broad scope of voices and perspectives. Read more