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Oswego museum program looks at Kendall County’s history from Civil War to present · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego Museum program looks at Kendall County's history from Civil
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  Speaker 1: War to present. Written by Judy Harvey, this article is
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  Speaker 1: Kendall County century of post Civil War population decline and
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  Speaker 1: its subsequent explosive World War II growth will be the
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  Speaker 1: underlying theme as the Little White School Museum presents a
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  Speaker 1: brief History of Kendall County, Part two from eighteen sixty
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  Speaker 1: five to the present on Saturday, June sixth. The museum
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  Speaker 1: is located at seventy two Polk Street in Oswego. The
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  Speaker 1: museum presented Part one of the county's history on April eighteenth.
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  Speaker 1: The program on Saturday begins at noon with museum Director
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  Speaker 1: Roger Matteel guiding attendees through the county's history, chronicling the
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  Speaker 1: gradual population decline after the Civil War, county farmer's history
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  Speaker 1: of adopting agriculture innovations leading to the startling changes in
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  Speaker 1: farming during the past seventy years, the era of surprising
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  Speaker 1: lawlessness during the Roaring twenties and nineteen thirties, and the
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  Speaker 1: effects of financial panic s on every county resident. Admission
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  Speaker 1: is five dollars. Pre register by calling the Oswegolan Park
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  Speaker 1: District at six three zero five five four one zero
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  Speaker 1: one zero, or pay at the door of the day
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  Speaker 1: of the program. All proceeds from this program, hosted by
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  Speaker 1: the Oswegolan Heritage Association and the Little White School Museum,
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  Speaker 1: benefit the museum's operations. The program is part of the
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  Speaker 1: Little White School Museum's year long commemoration of the two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. For
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  Speaker 1: more information on the program or on the museum, call
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  Speaker 1: the museum at six three zero five five four two
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  Speaker 1: nine nine nine, or send an email to director at
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  Speaker 1: Little White School Museum dot org.