Washington Historical Society Events

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

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 […]