Sat, Nov 13, 2021 1-2 pm | Gilmore Auditorium
The railroad reshaped America. Our punctuality, economic system, labor relations, children's toys, music and film were all transformed by the railroad. Join us for this visual lecture explores those topics plus railroad workers, Gilded Age excess, fine passenger travel and Peoria's railroad network. Even our language reflects railroad themes. Come on aboard and heard the whistle blow, as we explore the railroad's cultural impact.
Price:
Members & Visionary Society: FREE
Non-members: $5
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Mike Matejka from Normal, IL is formerly the Governmental Affairs director for Peoria's Great Plains Laborers District Council and editor of the Grand Prairie Union News. He currently writes for the Peoria Labor Paper, is on the McLean County Museum of History board, is the Illinois Labor History Society's vice-president and on the Historic Pullman Foundation advisory committee.
