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  • Sidney Poitier

    private IL, United States

    Sidney Poitier is, without question, one of the greatest actors in the history of American film. Additionally, Sidney Poitier is the man who broke the color barrier in Hollywood. Like Barack Obama or Jackie Robinson, he was more than just … Continue reading

  • 1920 – History In Perspective

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    1920 was a fascinating year that ushered in an amazing decade!  Although Americans tend to think of "The Roaring 20s" as the era of flappers, bathtub gin, Al Capone, a booming stock market, and a much more liberal sexual atmosphere, … Continue reading

    $5.00
  • Wedding Ceremony

    Private Venue

     You are seeing this notice because this block of time has been put aside for one of my favorite speaking opportunities! To learn more about my work as a wedding officiant, please click here. I am so blessed and so … Continue reading

  • Wedding Ceremony

    Private Venue

     You are seeing this notice because this block of time has been put aside for one of my favorite speaking opportunities! To learn more about my work as a wedding officiant, please click here. I am so blessed and so … Continue reading

  • Jack Ruby – Hothead, Hitman or Patriot?

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    Jack Ruby - Hothead, Hitman or Patriot? Here is what we know for sure.  Jack Ruby was an erratic, violent man who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald What we cannot be certain of is WHY Jack Ruby chose to murder Lee … Continue reading

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  • 1945

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    Join me in our time capsule for this amazing look back at one of the most important years in the history of the world: 1945. In 1945 World War II finally came to an end. After the deaths of both … Continue reading

    $5.00
  • Dick Van Dyke Show: FREE PRESENTATION

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    The Dick Van Dyke Show is well remembered as one of the wittiest situation comedies in the history of television. What is less well remembered is that Carl Reiner's creation was a tremendously influential, but deceptive innovator. The DIck Van … Continue reading

  • JFK – A Life

    College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

    JOHN F. KENNEDY - A LIFE JFK is one of our most beloved and well-known Presidents. However, much of what we "know" about John Fitzgerald Kennedy is fragmentary: his dalliances with women, his heroism in the aftermath of PT-109, his glamorous wife, … Continue reading

  • Jane Addams

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    Jane Addams is widely recognized as one of the most influential and admired women in both Chicago and American history. Her name is synonymous with "Hull House" – one of the groundbreaking and greatest examples of settlement house social work … Continue reading

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  • Mel Brooks

    Private Venue

    Mel Brooks wrote, directed and starred in some of the funniest movies of all time. He even wrote the music for them! As a TV writer, working for the great Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks contributed to perhaps the funniest TV … Continue reading