Lunch & Learn: Preserving and Celebrating 100 Years with COUNTRY Financial

Bring your lunch and join us to learn about COUNTRY Financial, who is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, on Thursday, October 9, from 12:10 to 1:00 p.m.

Andy Bender, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for COUNTRY and the Illinois Farm Bureau (and unofficial historian) will present a program that will feature important milestones of the company’s 100 year history and show items from the Illinois Farm Bureau archives. Bender will also share a sneak peek of items that will be preserved in a time capsule later in 2025 to commemorate the anniversary.

The Museum's Lunch & Learn series is made possible with the support of our presenting sponsor, MCK CPAs & Advisors. This series provides unique learning opportunities every second Thursday of the month over the lunch hour (12:10 to 1:00 p.m.) in person and live via youtube.com/mchistorymuseum.

For more information, contact the Museum's Education Department at ZWR1Y2F0aW9uIHwgbWNoaXN0b3J5ICEgb3Jn.

You may also like the following events from McLean County Museum of History:

• Next Thursday, 29th May, 05:25 pm, Lincoln’s “Lost Speech” Mural Dedication in Bloomington
• Next month, 5th June, 12:10 pm, Lunch & Learn: Making Insurance Interesting - Stories from State Farm with SF Archivist Buck Farley in Bloomington
• Next month, 14th June, 10:00 am, Knit In at the Bistro in Bloomington