War

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, was the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of...

For the past few weeks, the Pekin Public Library has displayed a...

Here’s a chance to read again a somewhat revised version of one...

The Black Hawk War of 1832 is a significant moment in Illinois...

Twice before in this column space, we have spotlighted the life and...

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History...

In early April, this column featured a Civil War-era newspaper called “The...

This week we recall the life of one of Pekin’s World War...

Question: What do Pekin’s pioneer historian William H. Bates, the Hanging Judge...

In Mackinaw Township Cemetery is a gravestone marked with the Christian cross,...

Later this month, the nation will observe Monday, Feb. 15, the third...

This week we revisit the first military engagement of the Black Hawk...