Lawrence Lore
- 6 days ago
- 1 min
Thank You Dennis!
Dennis Stroughmatt entertained a full house at the May Meeting of the Historical Society. Not only was the program educational, it was...
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Lawrence Lore
- May 18
- 1 min
Swing Fiddle Program
DENNIS STROUGHMATT WILL SPEAK ON "SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SWING FIDDLE" AT NEXT MEETING OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY String-musician Dennis...
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Lawrence Lore
- May 4
- 1 min
Thank You!
Thank you to a great group of students enrolled in the CEO program for their donation. We had a great time when they visited the Research...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 28
- 1 min
Great Program! Good Job!
Marilyn Wagner, Nancy King and John Fish presented the April LCHS meeting about preserving and documenting local cemeteries to about...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Don't Forget!
Historical Society Meeting TONIGHT 7:00 pm Monday 24, 2023 History Center, Lawrenceville "Documenting and Restoring Our Heritage--...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 19
- 4 min
“scrape, scrub and spray”
Time has taken its toll on the older tombstones in our county cemeteries. One would not know this from looking at Find-a- Grave photos...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Happenings at the Historical Society
MUSEUM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: Interning at the Historical Society is an excellent opportunity for High School or College Students, to...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 13
- 1 min
Save the Date
April 14 2023.....History Center....7:00 pm "Documenting and Restoring Our Heritage" by Marilyn Wagner, Nancy King and John Fish Watch...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 7
- 1 min
Happy Easter
We have Easter postcards. . . . And we have photographs of Lawrence County residents celebrating Easter and even a few vintage Easter...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 5
- 1 min
A Look Back at Water Ways-2016
People are drawn to water, and the Historical Society certainly found that to be true, in 2016, when the traveling Smithsonian Exhibit,...
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