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Friends of the West Chicago City Museum helps the City Museum present and preserve West Chicago's rich history

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Strolls Through History: Trains https://t.co/ia4PW8f0ZF

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Nonfiction Book Group Historiography: The Last Castle https://t.co/5cyj6OrKRF

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Our 32nd Tales Tombstones Tell is live! Check it out here https://t.co/msBlx74UOM

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Our #ThrowbackThursday features the Fall 1964 Downtown Sidewalk Sale!
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🥳Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this bag of crafts and goodies that will teach you a little something about different countries in Latin America. For ages 5-11. Limit one per child, while supplies last.

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Town Hall Share: Talking Trains Part II https://t.co/WBLW26tmQw

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April History at Home Craft Kit Pick Up https://t.co/C4mSzDrN8L

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History Book Club: Braiding Sweetgrass https://t.co/yOSD09YqFs

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Historiography Non-fiction Book Club: Braiding Sweetgrass https://t.co/O3JQivhjDA

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If there are two things we have sure missed this year it is the Railroad Days Parade and summer baseball! With the MLB opening day today, we are featuring this image of our local baseball teams marching in a parade down Main Street! #ThrowbackThursday #MLBOpeningDay

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History Book Club: Hamilton https://t.co/4P0mDlt0vE

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As we approach #Memorial Day, we will highlight West Chicago residents who paid the ultimate sacrifice. William Currier was one of 47 men who volunteered from Turner to serve in the Union Army during the #CivilWar who is buried Oakwood. William died in May of 1862 in St. Louis

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It is #MuseumVacation day! These pictures are from the Kruse family whose home is now a museum under the ownership of the West Chicago Historical Society. The Kruse family took many road trips and got to see the country. These images are from August 1940.

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Our #WayBackWednesday features some Hometown Heroes of sports, which we are all missing so much these days! These cards were produced for a 1994 City Museum exhibit. To see them all, check out our Facebook page!

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Happy #EarthDay! Do you know the history of our West Chicago Prairie? Head on over to our Facebook page and read about one of Illinois' best native #prairies https://t.co/DBRhUuOSda #MuseumFromHome #localhistory #WestChicago

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Today is #MuseumSunshine and #TrainsTuesday so of course we have to share this glorious image of the sun shinning on a passenger waiting at the West Chicago Metra Station and a passing freight train.

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#TrainTrackTuesday 1952 track cleaner on the C&NW tracks just south on Washington St, photo by Martin Brady. You can see the Roxy Theater and Day's Service Station. This shows the many more tracks than we have today! #Railroadhistory #localhistory #MuseumFromHome #WestChicago

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In 1984, the city of West Chicago Historical Museum in West Chicago published “A Brief History of an Old Railroad Town: An Updated Review of West Chicago” by Frank F. Scobey with Gerald D. Musich check it online here! https://t.co/vy9jJCil3L

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As always you can access many of our resources, including our local history e-book and local history curriculum on our website at https://t.co/ATH2Ex6EM5.

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In order to protect staff, volunteers and visitors, and out of an abundance of caution to minimize the community spread of COVID-19, the West Chicago City Museum will be closed to the public effective Saturday, March 14 through Saturday, April 4.

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Stay connected!
We will be making regular posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and staff will be available by email [email protected] and by phone [phone] during our closure.