Barrington History Museum

07/31/2020

A great place for Parents and Teachers
https://www.history.com/classroom?fbclid=IwAR3CSpParrQLz9DLRj4w3r-O1x4YeNsyRLuw4S3hCxjkzQrmkzkTs-eHXik

07/18/2020

July 17th, 1898 U.S. troops under General William R. Shafter took Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

Photos from the Spanish American War:

Spanish-American War (1898), conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The U.S. emerged from the war a world power, and Spain, ironically, experienced a cultu...

07/06/2020

Fehler was performing the persona of Dr. Anna Tjomsland, a real-life surgeon who served in WWI in a WWI enactment.

Most war reenactors are older men, but 27-year-old Lillian Fehler stands out for designing uniforms that are historically accurate down to the tiniest details.

03/26/2020

From Ancestry.com Free At-Home History Lesson Plan K12 Students

Ancestry® is a family and a community, even when we’re not together – which is why we will be sharing resources for people at home. For nearly a decade, Ancestry® has been offering its AncestryK12® services, a no-cost program for K-12 schools and teachers in classrooms nationwide that include...

12/08/2019

December 8th, 1941 - President Roosevelt's Speech:

President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares war on Japan the day after American naval and military forces were attacked at Pearl Harbor. For Archive Licensing E...

12/06/2019

December 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor - Rudy's Story: Rudolph (Rudy) Martinez was a young sailor from San Diego stationed at Pearl Harbor at the time of the December 7, 1941 attack. At just 21 years old, Rudy was killed aboard the USS Utah after it was hit by Japanese torpedoes.

Rudolph (Rudy) Martinez was a young sailor from San Diego stationed at Pearl Harbor at the time of the December 7, 1941 attack. At just 21 years old, Rudy was killed aboard the USS Utah after it was hit by Japanese torpedoes.

12/06/2019

This week in 1955 Rosa Parks stayed seated on a bus - from Biography.com: https://www.biography.com/activist/rosa-parks

Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiance sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

12/04/2019

December 3rd, 1818 - Happy Birthday Illinois! From the History Channel:

The first Europeans to visit Illinois were the French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette in 1673, but the region was ceded to Britain after the

11/25/2019

History of Thanksgiving from the History Channel:

Although Thanksgiving celebrations dated back to the first European settlements in America, it was not until the 1860s that Abraham Lincoln declared the last...

11/24/2019

A great place for Thanksgiving and Pilgrim Information for Kids: https://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids

11/21/2019

November 19th was the 156th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. If you would like to listen to The Gettysburg Address go to this link: https://archive.org/details/gettysburg_johng_librivox