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Turner Hall lost monument to German pride
By Bill Kemp. Published on February 11, 2018.
More than a century ago, Turner Hall was the cultural hub of Bloomington’s large and influential German community. Locate...
Railroaders’ library once west side hub
By Bill Kemp. Published on May 13, 2018.
Many longtime Twin City residents will remember long-gone Withers Library, located at the corner of Washington and East streets in down...
Washington Home couple worked ‘through the heart’
By Bill Kemp. Published on September 22, 2019.
“Cooks and counselors, painters and referees, they are also mom and pop to up to twenty children,” it was said of Louise and Napoleon C...
Baby Fold donation shines spotlight on architect
By Bill Kemp. Published on April 5, 2020.
One of the primary missions of the McLean County Museum of History is to acquire objects and papers that speak to the history of the ar...
Museum collections window to East Bay’s early years
By Bill Kemp. Published on June 22, 2020.
The COVID-19 crisis has taken many things from us—above all, the lives of 125,000 Americans. We have also lost, for a tim...