Dirksen Congressional Research Center

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

With the passing of Charles Lohman “Chuck” Dancey at the age of 107 earlier...

As we have proceeded through this series on the history of the Pekin Public...

With the completion and dedication of the new Pekin Public Library and Dirksen Congressional...

As construction proceeded in 1973 on the new Pekin Public Library and Dirksen Congressional...

In the previous installment of our ongoing series on the history of the Pekin...

Continuing our series on the history of the Pekin Public Library, this week we...

This month the Pekin Public Library marks an important anniversary in its history: it...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...