Events

Plan to drop by and help us document Monee's history!

Plan to stop by and help us document Monee's history!

The MHS monthly meeting will be held  May 11 at 7 pm at the Heritage Center

Find out if you have a Revolutionary War Patriot in your family tree! Please register if you plan to attend the workshop. http://www.peotonelibrary.org

Join our Mystery Book Club!  Plan to join us on Thursday 6/1/23 at the Peotone Public Library.  Registration required:  www.peotonelibrary.org

June American History selection: Destiny of the Republic James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle…

The MHS monthly meeting will be held June 8 at 7 pm at the Heritage Center

Join us as we welcome Dr. Larry McClellan to learn about Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois and the proposed Chicago to Detroit Freedom Trail. Dr. McClellan will also be available to sign copies of his books:  The Underground Railroad South of Chicago and To the River.   Books are available for purchase…

Join us in July at the Monee Heritage Center.  Registration required:  www.peotonelibrary.org

July History Book Club:  Readers  choice: A Secret Life:  The Lies, and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland The child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a boy, and though he entered the world in a state of illegitimacy,…