The Robert R. McCormick House at Cantigny Park and the League of Women Voters of Wheaton continue their acclaimed Civic Awareness Series with a virtual program about the Electoral College. Rosemary Heilemann will present the history of the Electoral College, discuss its impact on our democracy, and offer a plan for change.
The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton will host guest panel of current and retired U.S. Army generals who will share their thoughts on applying leadership, in their military lives and beyond. All six speakers are current or former Commanding Generals of the 1st Infantry Division, the famed "Big Red One."
Cantigny program looks at code talkers from World War I
Learn how Native Americans played a vital role in World War I The next virtual Date With History will discuss how Native American languages were first used by the U.S. Armed Forces to secure military communication during World War I. In the last few months of the war, Choctaw soldiers were instrumental in helping the American Expeditionary Force to win several key battles in the Mousse-Argonne campaign. Courtesy of First Division Museum Dr. William C. Meadows
Updated 5/27/2021 12:00 PM
First Division Museum, 1S151 Winfield Road in Wheaton, is hosting its next virtual Date With History featuring The First Code Talkers: Native American Communicators in World War I with author Dr. William C. Meadows.
New electric bike shop in downtown Wheaton on a roll
Jeff Alvis, the owner of the Pedego dealership in Wheaton, takes a spin on an electric bike as a potential buyer, Bob Patterson of Glen Ellyn, rides a Latch, which folds in half for easy transportation. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
The Pedego electric bike shop in downtown Wheaton carries the City Commuter, a model that has a place to strap on a saddle bag. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
They re just so much fun to ride, said Jeff Alvis, who owns an electric bike shop in downtown Wheaton. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Wheaton College this fall will dedicate a new memorial plaque in honor of missionaries who were killed 65 years ago while trying to spread Christianity to Indigenous peoples in the Amazonian region of Ecuador.