Upcoming College, Library and Senior Center Events
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
June
Mt. Prospect Library: Risking It All: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
College of DuPage: Deep Dive Into the Declaration: Just What Does It Say?
Arlington Heights Library: Myths In American History
College of DuPage: Genealogy of the Declaration: Historical and Philosophical Sources
St. Charles Library: Deep Dive Into the Declaration: Just What Does It Say?
North Shore Senior Center, Northfield: Genealogy of the Declaration: Historical and Philosophical Sources
Wheaton Library: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776
Wilmette Library: The Declaration of Independence Through the Centuries
Grayslake Area Public Library: Sustaining the Republic: Advice From The Founders
Woodridge Library: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776
Deerfield Library: The Declaration of Independence Through the Centuries
Lake Forest Library: Risking It All: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Prospect Heights Public Library: Sustaining the Republic: Advice From The Founders
Woodstock Library: The Cannons of Ticonderoga: A Revolutionary War Story
July
St. Charles Library: The Declaration of Independence Through the Centuries
Cook Memorial Library, Libertyville: Genealogy of the Declaration of Independence
White Oak Library, Romeoville branch: The Declaration of Independence Through the Centuries
Palatine Library: Sustaining the Republic: Advice from the Founders
Indian Trails Public Library, Wheeling: Myths in American History
Hinsdale Library: The Declaration of Independence Through the Centuries
Naperville Library: The Cannons of Ticonderoga: A Revolutionary War Story
Crestwood Library: Risking It All: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Niles-Maine District Library, Niles: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776
Aurora Library: Deep Dive into the Declaration of Independence
Warrenville Library: Debating Independence: The American Revolution in 1776
Westmont Library: The Declaration of Independence Through the Centuries
Berkeley Library: The Cannons of Ticonderoga: A Revolutionary War Story
College of DuPage: The Declaration of Independence Through the Centuries
And also retirement communities such as Vi At the Glen in Glenview, Del Webb in Huntley, and The Clare in Chicago.
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
