Places matter. During the month of May, which is National Historic Preservation Month, the City and its partners will be…
On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, the Village of Machesney Park will celebrate 40 years since it became an official Village in…
Community members have an excellent way to access to a vast digital archive of Joliet history through the Joliet Junior…
Donald Stratton, one of the last survivors of Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 97. Pearl Harbor came…
The University of Illinois Springfield has held a grand opening for the Sangamon Experience. The experience is a new on-campus…
A French publisher declared the CIA responsible for the planning of the 9/11 attack in a teaching book. According to…
Postcards are a special kind of art that has remained relevant for at least 150 years. During this time, postcards…
The 1919 World Series was started exactly 100 years ago. Eddie Cicotte, the pitcher of the Chicago White Sox, plunked…
It was a hot July day in 1919 when a black 17-year old while swimming in Lake Michigan made a…
On July 27, 1919, Thelma Shepherd was riding back to her Chicago apartment as her streetcar came under an attack.…
Chicago has developed a false reputation as being impervious to tornadoes despite being known as the Windy City. Over the…
The wrecks of two Dutch submarines which sunk off Malaysian coast during the second world war have disappeared from the…
Recently we have been seeing a strong trade conflict between China and the United States. The United States have blocked…
May 1, is a day of huge expectations for the workers all across the globe. Workers, from all across the…
The last survivor of the US Slave ship has been discovered. The discovery has been made by an academic at…
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