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Modern Quilting – More than Blankets

Washington Historical Society 128 Washington Square, Washington, IL

This program is cancelled due to illness. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Annual Meeting and Program

Washington Historical Society 128 Washington Square, Washington, IL

Following this year’s regular business meeting, Robert D. Sampson, a retired writer and college professor, will give a presentation entitled, “Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois.” In Peoria and nearly 1,000 other places, Illinoisans couldn’t get enough of baseball in the years after the Civil War. The story of its rise […]