2016 Annual Meeting (Past)

Submitted by Larry on Mon, 01/04/2016 - 9:43am

Jean MishimaThe Edgewater Historical Society invites you to the 2016 Annual Meeting, presenting candidates for your Board of Directors and telling you about plans for 2016-17. The meeting will be on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the Edgewater Branch Library, 6000 N. Broadway. Click here for a flyer.

The program will be “The Japanese-American Experience in the Internment Camps” and our speaker will be Jean Mishima, President, Chicago Japanese American Historical Society. Ms. Mishima will tell the poignant story of growing up in those camps and the lessons learned.

This lecture is part of the Voices of Edgewater exhibit series on the history of immigration in Edgewater. The exhibit runs through May 28.

The program is free to the Public and refreshments will be served.