Snapshots in Time: 250 Years of Elmhurst History

Join Dave Oberg, Executive Director of the Elmhurst History Museum, in celebrating America’s 250th anniversary! At 1 p.m., enjoy a special flag raising ceremony and then head into the Education Center for a special lecture on Elmhurst history at 1:30 p.m.! Presented in 25-year intervals, this lecture will provide a 250-year retrospective on how the area we call Elmhurst today has changed over time. This talk covers the vast and sweeping changes our area has seen, from the time when Pypegee strolled along the banks of the Wewanippissee (now called Salt Creek), through the arrival of the iron horse, incorporation under Village President Henry Glos, explosive growth in the ‘20s and ‘60s, and a new era of construction in the 21st century. Patrons will experience the lives and worlds of ten generations in under an hour.