ILLINOIS AND THE WAR OF 1812

Sunday, May 6, 2012, 2:00 p.m. 
PUBLIC LECTURE-FREE!

The Museum of the Grand Prairie completes its 2012 Spring Lecture Series on Sunday, May 6 at 2:00 p.m. with a free lecture on “Illinois in the War of 1812”.  2012 marks the 200^th anniversary of the War of 1812. The role Illinois played in the war was a pivotal event in the state’s early history but until recently there has not been much attention paid to events that took place in Illinois during the war.

Author Gillum Ferguson has changed that with the first full-length and comprehensive book on the subject, Illinois in the War of 1812, published by the University of Illinois Press. The book explores how the War of 1812 was a crucial stage in opening the Grand Prairie to settlement and to Central Illinois.

This lecture is free and open to the public. More information on this program or the museum is available at (217) 586-2612 or www.museumofthegrandprairie.org. The Museum of the Grand Prairie is a facility of the Champaign County Forest Preserve District and is located on Route 47, 1/2 mile north of I-74 at Mahomet.