Black History

This year’s celebration of Pekin’s Bicentennial coincides with the 60th anniversary of the federal...

Tazewell County’s and Pekin’s newest military memorial was dedicated during the county’s observance of...

The city of Pekin currently has four Illinois State Historical Society markers highlighting significant...

The final resting place of Nance Legins-Costley’s eldest child now has a monument, thanks...

By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator The decade of the Sixties was...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues and we now find ourselves in Black History Month,...

Ongoing research into the family of Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1892) has recently uncovered additional information...

This week we’ll review the life of Henry Chase (c.1830-1882), who married two sisters...

Over the next two weeks at “From the History Room” we’ll present the further...

During Pekin’s Juneteenth celebration last month, a crowd gathered downtown to witness the dedication...