Washington Historical Society Events

It is once again time for the annual meeting of the WHS. Please mark your calendar for Monday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will take place at our beautiful building on the square. Refreshments will be served beginning at 6:30 p.m. Following this year’s regular business meeting, Robert D. Sampson, a retired writer […]

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 […]

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