When reopening for the 2022 season in early April, visitors to the Derby Historical Museum may have noticed some changes around the building. Along with a revamp and minor updates to existing exhibits at the museum, a new exhibit was installed in late March/early April showcasing the paintings of theRead More →
The Deschutes Historical Museum will open an exhibit on the town of Maxville, Oregon and its lumber history on April 28. The exhibit coincides with the production of “From Maxville to Vanport” at the Tower Theater on April 27, and is a postponed project from 2020. Timber Culture is aRead More →
Iconic civil rights and leader of the Black Panther Party by Fred Hampton childhood home in Illinois has been designated a historic landmark. According to WGNorganizers of the Save The Hampton House initiative, led by Hampton’s son and mother, announced that the Maywood Village Board had voted to recognize theRead More →
This is part of a larger effort to preserve the history of the Black Panther Party! President Fred Hampton’s childhood home has now been granted historic landmark status, The ChicagoTribune reports. President Fred Hampton was a legendary leader of the Black Panther Party who was murdered by Chicago police asRead More →
MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois childhood home of Fred Hampton, an iconic Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed in a 1969 police raid on his Chicago apartment, has been designated historical monument. In a press release, organizers of the Save The Hampton House initiative, led byRead More →
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The childhood home of Fred Hampton, an iconic Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed in a 1969 police raid on his Chicago apartment, has been designated a historic landmark. In a press release, organizers of the Save The Hampton House initiative, led by Hampton’s son and hisRead More →
Interested in Oregon’s small town lumber history? The Deschutes Historical Museum is opening an exhibit you might like. The Maxville Lumber Culture Exhibit, which opens April 28, takes a closer look at the history of the lumber community in the town of Maxville, Oregon (350 miles northeast of Bend). ARead More →
Fred Hampton’s Maywood home receives historic landmark status The childhood home of late Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton is officially a historic landmark after Maywood Village Council voted unanimously to approve the designation on Tuesday night. MAYWOOD, Ill. – The childhood home of late Black Panther Party chairman FredRead More →
IIf you need a place to hold a wedding, reunion or any other gathering, the City of Rainier now has a new – and an old – location to consider. It’s the Rainier School and Evangelical Lutheran Church of Zion. The City of Rainier has refurbished this 1896 church intoRead More →
This tour begins with a welcome by a guide in Spanish costume with early California songs playing in the background. Your guide, a local expert, will accompany the group on the Trolley Ride Through History, explaining the route, sharing the cultural history of the city and pointing out interesting downtownRead More →
April 12, 2022 by Resie Waechter The Gulf Beaches Historical Museum has new hours — and needs more volunteers. Gulf Beaches Historical Museum The Gulf Beaches Historical Museum is open and recently extended its hours. Voted #6 of Trip Advisor’s 20 things to do in St. Pete Beach, the GulfRead More →
NH Chronicle: The Summersworth Historical Museum Take to heart the history of their city Updated: 8:00 PM EDT April 12, 2022 Hide transcript View Transcript TO PATRIOT THE CITY THEY LOVE. ♪ AUDREY: THE YEAR WAS 1893, THE TOWN OF GREAT FALLS, NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS ABOUT TO BE INCORPORATED ASRead More →
WASHINGTON, Connecticut – The Gunn Historical Museum will present the Zoom guest lecture “Lake Waramaug and the Generations of People Who Made It Their Own” with Christine Adams on April 18 at 6:30 p.m. The Lake Waramaug Association and the Lake Waramaug Working Group are conference sponsors. Registration is requiredRead More →
Cllr Mitchelson with the view of Brampton Mote One councilor spoke of the benefits of refurbishing a historic landmark in his neighborhood. Councilor of Brampton and Fellside for Carlisle City Council Mike Mitchelson said the Brampton Mote, also known as Brampton Castle, needs renovations to make it more accessible, suchRead More →
NEWS | CHARACTERISTICS | PREVIEWS | EVENTS originally published: 04/06/2022 (HOBOKEN, NJ) – New Jersey poetry is as varied as the cities and towns that make up our state. While New York City dominates the world of arts and literature, New Jerseyans work very hard just to be heard. JoinRead More →
It would be on April 9, 1975, that the Summersworth Historical Society would hold its first meeting. Little did they know that nearly 50 years later, what they started that day would become a legacy of Hilltop City and its long and industrious history. The society originated from the ideaRead More →
Chicago Grandstand Fred Hampton, iconic chairman of the Black Panther Party, who was shot and killed in a 1969 police raid on his Chicago apartment in the Illinois childhood home, has been designated a historic landmark. Hampton was only 21 years old. According to the Associated Press, in a pressRead More →
Photo by Jason Varney Stay in a historical monument Celebrate Women’s History Month in March with a stay at Philadelphia’s new Guild House Hotel. This 1855 townhouse and National Historic Landmark was once owned by a 19th-century working women’s advocacy and support group known as the New Century Guild, whoseRead More →
At a special general meeting of museum and archive members, there was only one dissenting vote for the name change. The Powell River Historical Museum and Archives Association will henceforth be known as the qathet Museum and Archives Society. At a special general meeting of museum and archive members, heldRead More →
LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) — The Gregg County Historical Museum held its annual Dalton Days event on Saturday, and with it, the annual Wild West Show. The festival began Saturday morning with the first of four live re-enactments of the city’s infamous bank robbery, which originally took place on May 23,Read More →