Leclaire Parkfest

Leclaire Park 900 Hale Avenue, Edwardsville, IL, United States

Join MCHS at 26th Annual Leclaire Parkfest on Sunday, October 15th from noon to 5 pm at Leclaire Park on Hale Avenue in Edwardsville, IL. The festival features three bands: Dixieland Jazz by the St. Louis Levee Band Trio (Noon – 2:30 pm), followed by Bluegrass and other old time folk music from the Lodge […]

Emancipation In Illinois

Immanuel Methodist Church - Lower Level 800 N. Main Street, Edwardsville, IL, United States

Many people assume that since Illinois was a northern free state, that there was no slavery here. But it’s a bit more complicated. Chattel slavery in the territorial years, indentured servitude, slavery exemptions in at least five counties, and gradual emancipation all meant that unfree labor was a constant in Illinois leading up to the Civil […]

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Lewis & Clark In Illinois

Immanuel Methodist Church - Lower Level 800 N. Main Street, Edwardsville, IL, United States

Illinois was the "Point of Departure" on May 14, 1804, for the Lewis and Clark Expedition that left from the eastern banks of the Mississippi River at the Wood River confluence and began their two and one half year journey to explore the Louisiana Territory and search for a passage to the Pacific Ocean. Illinois is […]

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