Illinois e-News Summaries week of 8/18/2008
category:Government and Politics posted:August 19th, 2008 |
08/24/08 - Military string band performance to precede August 26 Flag Lowering Ceremony at Lincoln Tomb |
| SPRINGFIELD – The final 2008 summer flag lowering and retreat ceremony scheduled for August 26 at Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site will feature the music of the Civil War played on authentic instruments. | |
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08/22/08 - Libertyville property listed in National Register of Historic Places |
| LIBERTYVILLE – The Libertyville High School Brainerd Building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 2008 by the National Park Service. | |
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08/21/08 - Honoring Illinois' Fallen |
| United States and Illinois flags at half-staff from Sunrise, Sunday, August 24, 2008 until Sunset, Tuesday, August 26, 2008. | |
| The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from Governor Blagojevich's Office to fly the United States and Illinois flags at State occupied buildings at half-staff from Sunrise, Sunday, August 24, 2008 until Sunset, Tuesday, August 26, 2008. | |
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08/20/08 - Honoring Illinois' Fallen |
| United States and Illinois flags at half-staff immediately until Sunset, Friday, August 22, 2008. | |
| The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from Governor Blagojevich's Office to fly the United States and Illinois flags at State occupied buildings at half-staff immediately until Sunset, Friday, August 22, 2008. | |
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08/20/08 - Governor Blagojevich announces national funding for Illinois program designed to help women live healthier, longer lives |
| Illinois WISEWOMAN Program works to lower heart disease, promotes a healthy lifestyle | |
| CANTON – In his continued push to improve the health of all Illinoisans, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded more than $800,000 to the Illinois WISEWOMAN (Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation). Illinois is one of only 21 applicants to receive funding in the first nationally competitive non-research grant application in which all 68 states, tribes and territories were allowed to compete. | |
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08/20/08 - See how they did it “back then” |
| LINCOLN – See how they did it “back then” as traditional crafts are demonstrated during the 1840s Craft Fair to be held Sunday, August 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Postville Courthouse State Historic Site, 914 Fifth Street, Lincoln. | |
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08/19/08 - Lincoln Tomb Flag Lowering Ceremony has become an international affair |
| SPRINGFIELD – The simple act of lowering the United States flag every Tuesday summer evening at Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site has drawn a nationwide and international following. | |
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08/18/08 - Civil War clothing exhibit, fashion shows continue “Stitches in Time” series in August at Springfield area historic sites |
| SPRINGFIELD – The “Stitches in Time” historic clothing series at Springfield area historic sites continues in August with a Civil War theme. | |
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08/18/08 - Colchester’s Moses King Brick & Tile Works, Lebanon’s McKendree University, Chicago’s West Burton Place Historic District are featured in latest issue of Historic Illinois |
| SPRINGFIELD – The Moses King Brick & Tile Works in Colchester, the Civil War history of McKendree University in Lebanon, and Chicago’s West Burton Place Historic District are featured in the latest issue of Historic Illinois, a publication of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA). | |
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