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A Bicentennial Crossroads: 200 Years of Continuity and Change in Rural Illinois

Meacham, Matt

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Title
A Bicentennial Crossroads: 200 Years of Continuity and Change in Rural Illinois
Author(s)
Meacham, Matt
Issue Date
2023-06-01
Keyword(s)
  • Illinois
  • Rural
  • United States
  • History
  • Exhibition
  • Heritage
  • Culture
Date of Ingest
2024-09-16T13:10:40-05:00
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
The Illinois tour of Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a Museum on Main Street exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Illinois Humanities, coincided with the Bicentennial of Illinois statehood. The intersection of those two events elicited contemplation and celebration of the significance of rural life over the 200-year history of Illinois as a state, as well as discussion of its ongoing evolution and the roles of individuals, institutions, and communities in shaping it. The six small-town organizations that hosted Crossroads created companion exhibitions and public programs illustrating how their local histories and cultures reflect themes addressed by the Smithsonian-produced exhibition and contribute to trends that it describes. A Bicentennial Crossroads examines what we can learn about rural Illinois’s past, present, and potential future(s) from what they produced and how they produced it.
Publisher
Illinois Open Publishing Network
Type of Resource
  • text
  • still image
Genre of Resource
book
Language
eng
Copyright and License Information
  • Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
  • Copyright © 2023 by Illinois Humanities
  • Copyright © 2023 Matt Meacham

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