History of Downers Grove Unveils on the Big Screen
Documentary of village from its founding to 1945 shown at Tivoli Theatre. Week of Downers Grove history kicks off.
A new documentary created by the Downers Grove Historical Society will guide residents through the first century of the village’s history. On a bleak and stormy afternoon, the historical society unveiled its video, “Images of the Past: 1832-1945,” at the venerable Tivoli Theatre, an appropriate site given its own long history in the village. The 30-minute production, narrated by Montrew Dunham, a former president of the historical society, takes viewers through more than a century of history. Using still photographs, Dunham explains how the village began as a small settlement founded in an oak grove along an Indian trail stretching from Fort Dearborn to the Naperville Settlement. The community started with a handful of people and grew to a…
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7:26 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Cost for the DVD is $10.00. Membership in the DG Historical Society is only $15 per person or $20 for the whole family. The DVD's and books are available for purchase at the Downers Grove Museum or you can contact the DG Historical Society at P.O. Box 663, Downers Grove, Il 60515. The D.G. Historical Society will be selling these items at the Tivoli event on Saturday as well as the Panel … more ›