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May 29, 2024
BARRY, Ill. — A lecture series marks an anniversary with four programs in June and a new partnership.
January 5, 2024
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — A first-time conference hopes to broaden the story of New Philadelphia and build new connections along a corridor stretching from Springfield to Hannibal, Mo.
May 19, 2023
New Philadelphia, a small Pike County, Illinois, town rich in history, is making headlines nearly 200 years after it was founded. It made a name for itself in 1836 when it became the first town legally registered and platted by a formerly enslaved person. Recently, the town site became the nation’s 424th national park.
January 16, 2023
The annual observance comes as national attention turns to Springfield after two EMS workers were charged with murder in Black mans death
May 11, 2022
An annual lecture series will explore the creation of a school for Black Civil War soldiers and their children and the related history of the first town in the nation founded by an African American.