Events

Where were you in 1976? Join us for an afternoon of storytelling as community members share personal memories of the nation's Bicentennial celebration. Do you have a souvenir from that time period to prompt a story? Whether you have a Bicentennial quarter, a souvenir button, a newspaper clipping, or a photo from that summer, we'd love to hear the story behind it. Museum staff and volunteers will

See local notables come to life and learn about how their lives shaped local history at the "Tale of the Tombstones" Cemetery Walk in Forest Home Cemetery on Sunday, October 18. In keeping with the nation’s 250th anniversary, the theme of this year’s 35th annual Cemetery Walk is “American Movements.” Whether it’s a literal move that brought someone from the other side of the country to the area

Calling all readers and lovers of history for the History Book Club. At this meeting, we will discuss 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Invented Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb. If you have a suggestion for a future book club discussion, please leave your suggestions in our Contact Form. Book Club is open to all current members of The Historical Society of Oak Park and River

Look around and you’ll see how bricks played an important part in building Chicago and the suburbs. Learn more about bricks when Oak Parker Will Quam, an architecture historian who has led walking tours around Chicago to share his love of bricks, will talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Oak Park River Forest Museum, 129 Lake St. Quam’s recently released book, “Fire and Clay, How Bricks Reveal