COME LEARN ABOUT CAMP DOUGLAS RESTORATION
Are you fascinated by Chicago history? If so, come learn about the Camp Douglas Restoration project at a Coffee Talk to be held at the Des Plaines History Center Thursday, Nov. 14, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. David Keller, managing director of the Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation, will deliver the presentation.
Camp Douglas in Chicago was a Union Army prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate soldiers taken prisoner during the American Civil War. Based south of the city on the prairie, it was also used
as a training and detention camp for Union soldiers.
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Keller's interest in Camp Douglas stems from his curiosity about the Civil War, Civil War Prison
Camps, and 19th century Chicago history.
The Des Plaines History Center is located at 781 Pearson Street, Des Plaines, IL, 60016. For more information, call the Center at 847-391-5399 or visit desplaineshistory.org. A $3 donation is requested.
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