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Lecture Series About Effingham County

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Thursday, January 11, 2018by kenna.kj

Lecture Series About Effingham County Continues

 

The third in the current popular lecture series celebrating history will be presented at the Effingham County Museum on Thursday, January 11, at 7:00 P.M.  The focus of the evening will be the history of the Dieterich Machine Gun Company.

Long-time Dieterich high school educator, Kip Johnson, will have a powerpoint presentation describing how Dieterich, Illinois, during WWI, had the distinction of being the smallest town in the nation to furnish a company of men to serve as a unit “The Big War”.   The machine gun company of the Illinois fourth regiment was formed here in Effingham County. 

The public is invited to learn more about the interesting history of these WWI soldiers.  The series is sponsored by the Effingham County Museum.

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