2015 Scottish
American History Club Meetings and other events of
interest
Please feel free to come to any of our events and bring
a friend! All regular meeting will be held in Heritage
Hall at the Scottish Home, 28th & Des Plaines, North
Riverside, IL.
There is no charge for the regular
history club meetings so come for
the coffee, tea, scones and fellowship! Subjects and
speakers will be announced here when finalized.
Reservations are helpful but not necessary. To make reservations please call: 708-447-5092 and
speak to Kristen or call my home office at 630-629-4516.
April 4 Scottish-American
History Club Meeting Museum open: 9:00 a.m.
Presentation: 10:00 a.m.
Our meeting will feature the Town of Pullman. Our
speaker will be Michael Shymanski. He and his wife live
in Pullman and he was a founding member of the Historic
Pullman Foundation. You will hear about the Scots who
lived and worked in the town of Pullman.
April 11, 2015 Film: The Scots of Lake Forest
Armour
House,
Lake Forest Academy
1500 W. Kennedy Road Lake Forest, IL 2:00 p.m.
The hour-long film touches on many of the almost 1,000
native born Scots and their children who helped
establish Lake Forest. The video also recognizes the
hardworking Scots who paved the streets, built the
school, dug the sewers and ran many of the original
stores in town. Over 2,000 vintage photographs were
collected for this project. You will also hear about the
Scots who founded Carson, Pirie and Scott and ran Quaker
Oats and the Zenith Corporation.
Register Here
May 2, 2015
Scottish-American History Club Meeting Museum open:
9:00 a.m. Presentation: 10:00 a.m.
History Club meeting will celebrate all the May
birthdays and we will cover 10 more years of Scottish
history in Chicago. Details later.
June 6, 2015 Scottish-American History Club Meeting Museum open:
9:00 a.m. Presentation: 10:00 a.m.
Bloody Omaha Beach on D-Day.
No
meeting in July and August
September 12, 2015 Scottish-American History Club Meeting
Museum Open: 9:00 a.m. Presentation:
10:00 a.m.
Speaker is Dr. James E. Davis. “Unusual Features of the
American Revolution.”
October 3, 2015 Scottish-American History Club Meeting Museum Open: 9:00 a.m. Presentation:
10:00 a.m.
Dr. Euan Hague
For
more information on all the Illinois Saint Andrew
Society events, see their
website.
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