-
The tour will visit cities like Chicago, Bloomington, Springfield, Brooklyn, and East St. Louis. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear and learn about the historical events pertaining to African American history through virtual reality.
-
There are many colorful characters in baseball. For Hall of Famer Burleigh "Old Stubblebeard" Grimes, the color in question is blue.
-
Legendary broadcaster and storyteller Campbell "Stretch" Miller had the attitude of why let facts get in the way of a good story.
-
There was a time people operated elevators across the country, instead of passengers just pressing buttons as they do today.
-
Paul Penn was among the inaugural class of History Makers in 2012. His son John followed in his footsteps as a union leader advocating for McLean County construction workers.
-
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Henderson aimed to capture the diversity and complexity of the Midwest while in residence at the University of Iowa — starting with a star-studded 1959 music tour riddled by a national tragedy.
-
By now, most people know the Rivian story in which a scrappy startup electric automaker brought a mothballed Mitsubishi plant back to life, hired 8,000 people, and has now gone on to make more than 100,000 vehicles. Fewer may know Rivian was not the first electric automaker in Bloomington-Normal.
-
John Penn, Jan Lancaster and couples Julie and Bob Dobski and Barb and Bob Hathway were nominated by community members and selected by a volunteer community for their contributions to McLean County.
-
Caribel Washington made history, and then she made sure history wouldn’t forget. She became a civil rights pioneer, faith leader and humanitarian. She died in 2011.
-
McLean County’s women were highlighted Saturday at the McLean County Museum of History. About 50 people attended the afternoon event where a brief lesson was given on some notable women in McLean County’s history.