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SUMMARY:How to Research Your Local History
DESCRIPTION:Interested in doing research about your family history\, your historic home\, or about general local history and don’t know where to start? Join the Downers Grove Museum at the Downers Grove Public Library to learn how to get started! \nLearn more > 
URL:https://dghistory.org/event/how-to-research-your-local-history/
LOCATION:Downers Grove Public Library\, 1050 Curtiss St\, Downers Grove\, IL\, 60515
CATEGORIES:Community Event,DG Library,DG Park District Event
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SUMMARY:Learn How to Research Your Historic Home
DESCRIPTION:The Downers Grove Museum will be holding a free Zoom lecture on Wednesday Feb 13\, 2025 at 11am to help residents learn how to research their Downers Grove home. Attendees can use this information to just get an appreciation of their home\, help jumpstart the process of Landmarking their homes\, or applying for a honorary Historic Home Program designation (and plaque). \nTo register\, click the following link: https://webtrac.dgparks.org/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/iteminfo.html?Module=AR&FMID=130607607  \n 
URL:https://dghistory.org/event/learn-how-to-research-your-historic-home/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,DG Park District Event
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SUMMARY:Museum Exhibit on Sears Kit Homes
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit runs from Summer 2024 through Spring 2025.
URL:https://dghistory.org/event/museum-exhibit-on-sears-kit-homes/
LOCATION:The Downers Grove Museum\, 831 Maple Avenue\, Downers Grove\, IL\, 60515
CATEGORIES:Community Event,DG Park District Event,Educational Event
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SUMMARY:Farm to Table: Heirloom Gardening
DESCRIPTION:Come to the Downers Grove Museum to learn about heirloom plant varieties and historic farming practices! Try historic herbs and winter greens. Take a turn at using both pre-historic as well as pioneer-type farming equipment and reenact fun springtime traditions to help the season’s first plantings. Program will be held indoors and outdoors\, so please dress for the weather. (An adult must accompany their children.) Register: www.dgparks.org
URL:https://dghistory.org/event/farm-to-table-heirloom-gardening-2/
LOCATION:The Downers Grove Museum\, 831 Maple Avenue\, Downers Grove\, IL\, 60515
CATEGORIES:Community Event,DG Park District Event,Educational Event,FoundersFest
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UID:10507-1695474000-1695479400@dghistory.org
SUMMARY:Celebration of 1846 Blodgett House Acceptance into Network to Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Join the Downers Grove Park District and Downers Grove Museum for a celebration of the acceptance of the 1846 Israel and Avis Blodgett’s House into the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom!\,  National Park Service program\, that coordinates preservation and education efforts nationwide associated with the Underground Railroad. We’ll learn more about the Network to Freedom and about the connection of the Blodgett House and other UGRR sites in DuPage County. The Blodgett House will also be open for tours. This program is free\, but pre-registration is required. Register here. \nNote: This is event is not run by the Historical Society.
URL:https://dghistory.org/event/celebration-of-1846-blodgett-house-acceptance-into-network-to-freedom/
LOCATION:The Downers Grove Museum\, 831 Maple Avenue\, Downers Grove\, IL\, 60515
CATEGORIES:Community Event,DG Park District Event
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SUMMARY:2023 Downers Grove Historic Site of the Year Dedication
DESCRIPTION:The Belmont Golf Club has been selected as the Downers Grove Historical Society’s Historic Site of the Year. \nEvery year the Downers Grove Historical Society recognizes a significant building or site which has been important to the history of our village as part of our Historic Sites Program. These locations help paint a picture of our development as a village. Each structure and historic site contributed to our story and by commemorating them\, we help preserve their importance in the lives of our citizens throughout the years. \nA brief dedication will be held at the Belmont Golf Club Clubhouse at 3:30.
URL:https://dghistory.org/event/2023-founders-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Belmont Golf Club\, 2420 Haddow Avenue\, Downers Grove\, IL\, 60515
CATEGORIES:DG Park District Event,DGHS Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Downers Grove Historical Society":MAILTO:info@downersgrovehistory.org
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UID:4763-1682773200-1682778600@dghistory.org
SUMMARY:Farm to Table: Heirloom Gardening
DESCRIPTION:Come to the Downers Grove Museum to learn all about heirloom plant varieties and historic farming practices! Try historic herbs and winter greens. Take a turn at using both pre-historic as well as pioneer-style farming equipment and reenact fun springtime traditions to help the season’s first plantings. Program will be held indoors and outdoors\, so please dress for the weather. An adult must accompany their child(ren). Please register everyone attending. Dress to be outdoors! Please check in at the Montrew Dunham History Center (Annex Building east of the Victorian Blodgett House).
URL:https://dghistory.org/event/farm-to-table-heirloom-gardening/
LOCATION:The Downers Grove Museum\, 831 Maple Avenue\, Downers Grove\, IL\, 60515
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