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The Des Plaines Memory Newsletter, published regularly by the Des Plaines Public Library, features items from our collection and news from the Des Plaines Public Library and the Des Plaines History Center. Be sure to subscribe here to have every new edition of the Des Plaines Memory Newsletter delivered to your email inbox!

September 2019

Frontier Days Festivals of 1950 and 1951 | Fall Fest | Programs at the Des Plaines Public Library and Des Plaines History Center

November 2019

Des Plaines Vets | Clifton J. Hill | Rose Pieper | Betty Jo Streff | Marvin M. Kingdon | Brian D. Jones | Programs at the Des Plaines History Center

March 2020

Eugene Wasco, Des Plaines educator and pro baseball player | More Des Plaines sports and atheletes | Programs at the Des Plaines Public Library and Des Plaines History Center

April 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic | We're in this together | Share Your Story | My Des Plaines Memory

July 2020

Independence Day parades in Des Plaines | Fun at Home! | Share Your Story

August 2020

Des Plaines History Center exhibit, "Des Plaines Takes Flight" | Douglas Aircraft | The Maine Flyer

September 2020

Under Construction: City Hall, Carl Schwanbeck's house, First Congregational Church, Lake Opeka, Kaufman Building, and Behrel's Parking Deck.

October 2020

Halloween at the Des Plaines Public Library past and present | Programs at the Des Plaines History Center | Maine Flyer Update!

December 2020

Letters to Santa from the Des Plaines Suburban Times, Des Plaines Day, and Des Plaines Journal newspapers.

February 2021

Introducing the new Des Plaines Memory | SN*W Happens | Programs at the Des Plaines History Center | Share Your Story

March 2021

What's New? | Time to Vote | The Healing Power of Art | Events on Zoom

April 2021

The Test of Time | A Trashy Sign of the Times | Share Your Story | Programs on Zoom

May 2021

National Bike Month | Mother's Day | Small Business Week | Get Out & Play | Memorial Day

June 2021

Six Feet upART: showcasing art of the Pandemic | National Great Outdoors Month | Accordian Awareness Month | Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month | Father's Day

July 2021

The Des Plaines Youth Center, 1940s-1950s | Share Your Story | Programs on Zoom

August 2021

Back to School | Vintage Postcards of Maine Township Schools | 1918 Flu Pandemic | Des Plaines History Center Book Discussion | Making History Together

November 2021

Shopping in Des Plaines, Remember When? | Brown's Department Store | Stores on Ellinwood Street, late 1930s | Shops on Lee and Algonquin, 1950s | Shops on Center Street, 1974

March 2022

Growing up in Des Plaines | Des Plaines History Center Exhibition

November 2024

Celebrating Veterans Day

 

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