Upcoming College, Library and Senior Center Events

March

  • North Shore Senior Center, Northfield: Deep Dive into the Declaration: Just What Does It Say?

  • Lake Villa District Library: The Cannons of Ticonderoga

  • Fox Lake District Library: Jane Addams: The Immigrant Experience in Chicago

  • Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Western Springs: Debating Independence: the American Revolution in 1776

  • Grayslake Heritage Center Museum: Risking It All: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence

And presentations at retirement communities like Encore Village in Schaumburg, Cordia in Westmont and Vi at the Glen in Glenview

April

  • Des Plaines library: Risking It All: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence

  • Skokie Library: Myths in American History: The Fictions We Learned and and Truths Behind Them

  • Elmhurst Library: Deep Dive into the Declaration: Just What Does It Say?

  • Town and Country Library, Elburn: Deep Dive into the Declaration: Just What Does It Say?

  • Arlington Heights Senior Center: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776

  • College of DuPage: The Problem With Tom: Jefferson and Slavery

May

  • Vernon Area Library: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776

  • Zoom only, through the Palatine Library: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776

  • Indian Trails Library: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776

  • Elmhurst Library: Risking It All: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence

  • River Forest Library: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776

  • Park Ridge Library: Debating Independence: the American Revolution in 1776

  • Barrington Area Library: Founding Mothers: Revolutionary Women With Clout

  • Prospect Heights Library: Making the Declaration: Historical and Philosophical Sources [This is the same talk as "Genealogy of the Declaration"]

  • Rolling Meadows Library: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776

William Walcutt, "Pulling Down the Statue of George III at Bowling Green, July 9, 1776," 1857.

Fort Ticonderoga, upstate New York

Draft of the Declaration in Jefferson's hand

Jane Addams, founder of Chicago's Hull House