Tag: historical sites
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February 06, 2009 07:27 PM EST --
The economy is forcing everyone to rethink the way they spend their vacations. Many families will be vacationing at home this year. This is not necessarily a bad thing because often it is the sites close . . .
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June 05, 2007 08:29 PM EDT --
I wanted to share a few views of the city where I live. I tried to put the pictures in this area but couldn't figure out how :(
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January 28, 2008 09:23 PM EST --
Maybe it's a place where you camped as a child or a historical site near you. Perhaps it's one you've always visited. There are thousands of attractions operated by the National Park Service . . .
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April 17, 2008 01:03 PM EDT --
School of the Soldier
The Ecolo do Soldat (School of the Soldier) is coming up the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, April 26th and 27th at Fort de Chartres State Historic Site In Southern Illinois. . . .
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May 12, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
Logan Days ic coming up this weekend (Fri-Sat, May 16-17, 2008) at the John A. Logan Museum in Murphysboro, IL. The annual festival honors Civil War General John A. Logan, one of Lincoln's best . . .
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April 23, 2008 08:39 AM EDT --
The annual free Kids' Day is Saturday May 3d at Fort de Chartres State Historical Site in Randolph County, located near village of Prairie du Rocher, itself nestled below the scenic bluffs overlooking . . .
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May 01, 2008 10:55 AM EDT --
Although there are plenty of special events this weekend, new movies opening, musical performances of various types, these activities are deserving of special attention:
KID'S DAY at Fort de Chartres . . .
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May 08, 2008 11:34 AM EDT --
This Saturday, May 10th, a one-day powwow being organized by Natives for Life is scheduled at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville, IL. The powwow will include Indian dancing . . .
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March 25, 2008 09:03 AM EDT --
For such a small town with just 4,000 people, Chester, Illinois has a lot of ghost stories. The ghosts haunt a restaurant, a roadside, and the local library, among other places. There's even a ghost . . .
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April 03, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
Some events coming up in the next few days. I'd like to go myself but may only attend one of them. My criteria is simple: I list it if it interests me. I can promise that under . . .
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May 06, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
If you're a history buff, the place to go this weekend is the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site along Illinois Route 3, near Hartford. Saturday and Sunday will be the Sixth Annual Point . . .
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March 25, 2008 09:29 AM EDT --
GHOSTHUNTING ILLINOIS. John B. Kachuba. Kachuba tells about touring haunted sites in Illinois including at least one account I'd never come across before, the alleged haunting of the . . .
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April 10, 2008 08:47 AM EDT --
A popular destination for walking ghost tours in Alton, Illinois, are the ruins of the Alton Penitentiary. The ruins aren't much but Len Adams and other tour guides of Alton Hauntings Tours will fill . . .
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April 01, 2008 09:12 AM EDT --
Heritage Days in Okawville, Illinois, is an annual smalltown special event an easy drive east from St Louis that includes a unique museum tour. This year, the event is set for June 7th and 8th, 2008. . . .
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May 21, 2008 10:05 AM EDT --
The largest gathering of 18th century reenacters in the Midwest is gearing up for the weekend of June 7th and 8th, 2008, at Fort de Chartres State Historic Site in Randolph County, along the Mississippi . . .
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May 30, 2008 11:51 AM EDT --
Kids get a chance to experience the Lewis and Clark Expedition Saturday, june 7th at Lewis and Clark State Historic Site on Illinois Route 3 south of Hartford. Hours are 10am to 4pm and . . .
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February 24, 2007 07:31 PM EST --
You know what gets my goat? Talking to people and the perception they get of the neck of the woods I come from is kind of amusing. And they way they picture it . . .
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September 07, 2007 06:43 AM EDT --
Some of you might have noticed that, for the last couple of days, I haven't been around Gather much... I have an excellent excuse for this: I've been doing a lot of work for the historical society . . .
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October 10, 2009 10:10 PM EDT --
I think the article below, sums up the facts of what REALLY took place, pretty well...
Whatever your "political persuasions" may be, whatever "rationalizations" or "justifications" you may have for . . .
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