The Warrenville Public Library features Batavian Dan Van Haften talking about the book he co-authored, “Abraham Lincoln and the Structure of Reason”. The talk will … Read more ›
History
From the community
4th Annual Warrenville Cemetery Walk
The 4th Annual Warrenville Cemetery Walk will be held on Sunday, October 23, 2011. Presented by the Warrenville Historical Society, residents and history lovers alike … Read more ›
From the community
“Everything and Anything Girls Can Imagine” DuPage County Historical Museum Hosts 100th Anniversary Exhibit of Girl Scouting
By J. Eakins Jane Doyle and Rosemarie Courtney are historians. Not your typical, musty, bespeckled historians—these women manage an ever growing collection of games and … Read more ›
‘They’ll never take our core values away’
About 100 DuPage County residents gathered Sunday to pay tribute and look forward in honor of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. DuPage’s … Read more ›
In their own words: TribLocal contributors reflect on 9/11
Sept. 11, 2001, dawned bright and clear, but before the day was out indelible memories had been etched into our collective consciousness. For the 10-year … Read more ›
DuPage plans 9/11 tribute at Morton Arboretum
With the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks nearing, DuPage County is planning an event to remember those who lost their lives and … Read more ›
Historic DuPage County Forest Preserve District buildings in danger of being razed
A 1930s-era limestone home that once belonged to DuPage County’s first forest preserve superintendent and an adjacent building that housed the forest preserve district’s first … Read more ›
From the community
Civil Rights Attorney Donates a piece of African American History to University
(Chicago, IL) May 18, 2011 – Celebrated matrimonial attorney and historian Jeffery M. Leving will be donating an original 1855 first edition of My Bondage … Read more ›
From the community
Warrenville Then & Now: Biking Along the Old Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Train Line
As Warrenville residents take part in the sixth annual Warrenville Bike Rodeo Saturday, May 14, the Warrenville Historical Society remembers the electric trains that used … Read more ›
From the community
An Old-Fashioned Memorial Day at Kline Creek Farm
Visit the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s Kline Creek Farm, an 1890s living-history farm in West Chicago, on Monday, May 30 at 1:30 p.m. … Read more ›
