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The 250-year Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence – How We Remember | Interactive Program

  • Herrin City Library 120 North 13th Street Herrin, IL, 62948 United States (map)

Join Us for an Interactive Session to Celebrate and Reflect

As we approach the 250th Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence, we’ll take a look at what this document means in our daily lives.

How we choose to honor and remember this living document helps shape whether, and how, our history stays alive and relevant in our everyday lives.

In this session, we’ll look at the different ways Illinoisians have marked the milestones of our Nation’s founding over the past 250 years and what influenced those choices.

Then we’ll look to today: What artifacts, moments, and experiences would you curate to capture who we are and help future Americans understand this important anniversary?

Lead by

  • Carolyn Deane, Artspace Southern Illinois

  • Yaya Vargas, Executive Director SI-CABE (Southern Illinois Culture and Arts in Bilingual Education)

  • Jason Hedrick

Event Details

  • FREE & Open to the public

  • Date: Saturday, August 1

  • Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

  • Light refreshments provided

  • Location: Herrin City Library, 120 N. 13th Street, Herrin, IL

 
 

Part of the Illinois Humanities Community Conversations Program

Artspace Southern Illinois is proud to present this program in partnership with:

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