History

Celebration set for Sunday, April 28.

The Viking, Geneva's replica Norse longship, opens for visits from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive, Geneva.

In honor of National Historic Preservation Month, Oswego’s Little White School Museum and the Oswegoland Heritage Association will host "Lost Oswego."

“The History of Little Rock Island” will be presented Sunday, April 21, at the Fulton (Martin House) Museum.

McHenry County Historical Society speaker series is beginning again.

Oswego Museum Director Roger Matile and local resident Dennis Figgins will informally chat with audience members about changes the community has undergone, and is still undergoing.

The upcoming Brown Bag Lunch program talk on April 4 will include a sneak peak of the upcoming "Food: Gathering Around the Table" exhibit.

Paschal: I met Mark Stach in 2022 along the banks of the Rock River just below the Galena Avenue Bridge in Dixon. He had been casting a magnet from his kayak and dredging up the past. Mark was in search of pieces of Dixon’s 1873 bridge catastrophe.

The PPFV's 50th anniversary will take place March 26.

Other forest preserve featured programs this month include highlighting farm life, the history of corn, and featuring women in nature

Heinz-Dietrich Suppan will present a program titled “Pana: The Crossroads of Crisis” at 7 p.m. March 25 at the Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society.

Wilmington VFW Post 5422 teams up with Ryan Jandura as iconic statue goes to auction.

Wolf Koch will deliver information about the Indian tribes who not only made their home in Whiteside County, but whose burial sites have provided insight into how they lived over 2,000 years ago,

State Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore) recognized two local leaders at the annual Emerging Women Leaders Conference and Recognition Event in Springfield.

The Grayslake Historical Society will present “Grayslake Post Office Scandals” at 7 p.m. March 13 at the Grayslake Heritage Center and Museum, 164 Hawley St., Grayslake.