Lawrence Lore
Sep 30, 20231 min read
The Easter Bunny Cometh
Dan Shearer presented an excellent program on the history of the Lawrenceville Greenhouse this past Monday night for the Historical...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 25, 20231 min read
Volunteers Do It Again
Saturday September 23 the volunteers were cleaning stones at Moffett Cemetery. With 300 plus stones to clean, we need all the volunteers...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Thanks Again Volunteers
Once again a group of volunteers met at Moffet Cemetery, Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m September 16, and cleaned stones for about 1 1/2...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Cleaning Tombstones Again Saturday
We will be cleaning tombstones again this Saturday September 13, 2023, at 8:00 am at Moffett Cemetery again. Directions from...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 31, 20231 min read
Toys of the 70s
The Fisher Price Farm (1968) the House (1969), and the Garage (1970) were followed by the School (1972). Over the years more "peg"...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 26, 20231 min read
Crenshaw Slave House
LEGEND AND LORE OF THE CRENSHAW SLAVE HOUSE WILL BE TOPIC AT NEXT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING Todd Carr, a Southern Illinois historian and...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 1, 20231 min read
Sorry. . .
Dear Readers, Currently I am sending out over 8000 emails of the blog a month. That is technically over the 200 emails per month that our...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 20, 20231 min read
What is this?
This object came in with a collection of items several years ago, and the researchers have yet to figure out what it is or what its...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 16, 20231 min read
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibits-2023
Readers, many of you will remember, (and hopefully enjoyed), the Smithsonian Traveling exhibit, Water Ways, in Lawrence County a few...
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