Welcome to Kurt Metzler, our newest Board Member! After volunteering for a couple of years with the Downers Grove Historical Society, we are pleased to announce that Kurt Metzler has
Were you unable to attend the History on Tap event? Do you wish you could have tested your knowledge with the trivia questions? Well it’s not too late! Let’s see
If you were in downtown Downers Grove on the night of Thursday November 9 you weren’t alone! You were among the other nearly 200 people who were on the 4th
The sun was shining, and fall was in the air as scores of Downers Grove residents came to experience the “Living Cemetery” event on October 21. They experienced a community
The Historical Society, in partnership with the Village of Downers Grove, has added three new gravestones to the Main Street Cemetery. The first stone is for two brothers Arthur Milo
How A Downers Grove Family Honored American Indians Emery Timke was very active in Indian welfare for all Native American tribes and was a member of the American Indian Center
We’re proud to announce our new card sponsor program! For the first time local businesses will be able to offer a perk for calendar year 2024 and get space for
(by Joyce Tumea) “A Care Bear come-to-life” could well describe Downers Grove resident Bruce Swanson, the Downers Grove Historical Society’s (DGHS) choice for the 2023 Montrew Dunham Award (MDA). “Caring”
Lisa Marie Farver, Patch Staff DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Recent renovations to the 1846 Blodgett House has earned Downers Grove Museum recognition from the Association of Midwest Museums (AMM). The
By Darcel Rockett, Tina E. Akouris and Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad wasn’t a railroad at all. Rather, it was
