MONTHLY PROGRAMS

The Society hosts a meeting each month with a special guest speaker. We encourage anyone interested in these public meetings to attend.

The meetings are held in the Ruyle building.

• March 18th, 2024: The annual meeting will be held at the Legion Home Smokehouse Grill, 554 Ramey St., Carlinville, IL 62626. The doors will open at 5:30 PM and the meal will be served at 6 PM. The meeting will begin at 7 PM. The cost is $25. per person. The menu will include brisket, smoked chicken, potatoes Romanov, and salad. After the meeting, Pam Brown will present a Portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln. The location is the American Legion Home in Carlinville, IL. March 10 is the deadline for reservations. Contact any board member to make your reservations. Payment may be made in advance or at the door, but reservations by March 10 are required.
• April 1st, 2024:   Speaker - Tom Emery "History of Hardware Stores"
• May 6th, 2024:   Speaker - Taylor Pensoneau "Incredible Gangsters Of Downstate Illinois"
• June:  No program due to the Spring Festival
• July 1st, 2024:   Speaker - Mark Flotow "Early Civil War Camp Butler and William Tecumseh Sherman: Separating Fact From Fiction"
• August 5th, 2024:   Speaker to be announced
• September:  No program due to the Fall Festival
• October 7th, 2024:  Annual Wiener Roast
• November 4th, 2024, 7 PM:   Speaker: Terry Orr.  Program will be on Civil War Photographs and the stories that go with them.