Upcoming Events
 

Spring Open House

Bureau County Historical Society

109 Park Avenue West; Princeton

 

Thursday evening

April 30, 2009

5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

 

Visit both museum buildings to see displays on Lincoln, Priestley Hardware, Bureau County history.  There will also be a silent auction of historic books, vintage Princeton postcards, and GAR medals.  Music will be performed from 7:00-8:00 in the Clark-Norris Home.  Refreshments  served.

Admission: $10.00 per person

 


 

Fourth of July Celebration

Soldiers and Sailors Park

Main Street, Princeton

 

July 4, 2009

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

 

In honor of the Lincoln Bicentennial, the Historical Society will be hosting a festive celebration to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s attendance and speech at a political rally in Princeton on July 4, 1856.  This is a family event and free to the public. 

 


 

Historical Society Program

“Illinois Gunmakers” presented by Curt Johnson

 

Sunday afternoon

September 27, 2009

Prairie Arts Center

2:00 p.m.

 

Curt Johnson is a long time collector of Kentucky rifles and has authored three books on this subject.  He will be speaking about early firearms and their role in society in the 1800s as pioneers were settling the Midwestern and Western states.  Bring the family and learn about our early history.  Admission is free.

 

 


Oakland Speaks Cemetery Tour

 

Please note that Oakland Speaks will not be held this year.  We will be hosting Oakland Speaks V in September 2010.

 

 


 

 

 
 

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