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World War II

Tazewell County’s World War II memories

Our nation this weekend will mark the 82th anniversary of the Empire of Japan’s...

Charles L. Dancey (1916-2024), Pekin historian

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

Helen Hiett Waller of Pekin, intrepid war correspondent

Among the women and men of Pekin who have risen to fortune or fame...

Stories of women of ‘the Greatest Generation’

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

World War II memories of love and war

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

Tazewell County’s ‘Greatest Generation’

By Jared Olar Library assistant Our nation this week marked the 77th anniversary of...

Maybe JFK, or maybe his doppelganger

By Jared Olar Library assistant Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, was the 53rd anniversary of...

A memory of war-time

By Jared Olar Library assistant This week we recall the life of one of...

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