Upcoming College, Library and Senior Center Events
September
Naperville Library: Myths in American History: The Fictions We Believe and the Truth Behind Them
And retirement communities like Sedgebrook in Lincolnshire and Oak Trace in Downers Grove.
October
Oct. 5, College of DuPage Lifelong Learning program: The Declaration of Independence Through the Centuries
Oct. 15, Naperville Library: The Salem Witch Trials and the Power of Fear
Oct 18: Wood Dale Library: The Salem Witch Trials and the Power of Fear
Oct. 19, College of DuPage Lifelong Learning program: Deep Dive Into the Declaration: Just What Does It Say?
Oct 21, Fremont Library: The Salem Witch Trials and the Power of Fear
Oct 23, Ella Johnson Library (Hampshire): The Salem Witch Trials and the Power of Fear
Oct 26, College of DuPage Lifelong Learning program: Genealogy of the Declaration: Historical and Philosophical Sources
Oct 28: Elmhurst Library: The Salem Witch Trials and the Power of Fear
And retirement communities like Mather Place in Wilmette and Westminster Place in Evanston.
November
Nov. 2: College of DuPage: Sustaining the Republic: Advice From the Founders
Nov. 3: North Shore Senior Center, Northfield: The Trail of Tears
Nov. 10: Ela Senior Center: Sustaining the Republic: Advice From the Founders
Nov. 11: Helen Plum Library, Lombard: Thanksgiving: Anatomy of a Holiday
Nov. 17: Prospect Heights Library: Pilgrims, Wampanoags, and the "First Thanksgiving"
Nov. 17: Elmhurst Library: Thanksgiving: Anatomy of a Holiday
Nov. 24: Oakton College, Skokie: Sustaining the Republic: Advice From the Founders
And retirement communities such as The Mather in Evanston and Addolorata in Wheeling.
William Walcutt, "Pulling Down the Statue of George III at Bowling Green, July 9, 1776." Painted in 1857.
Fort Ticonderoga, upstate New York
Draft of the Declaration in Jefferson's hand
We're pretty sure this one is just a myth . . .
Flag of the Bedford, Massachusetts Minutemen
