New Elmhurst History Museum exhibit focuses on the Great Depression The Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Elmhurst was a base for young men working on local public works projects during the Depression. Courtesy of Elmhurst History Museum Dominic A. Pacyga, emeritus professor of history at Columbia College Chicago
Updated 1/22/2021 9:04 AM
It is an understatement to say that 2020 was one of the more difficult years in recent memory for most Americans. Yet, if history teaches us anything, it is that we can gain perspective by looking at the past to learn from previous arduous times.
With that in mind, the Elmhurst History Museum looks back to one of the most difficult times in U.S. history through the many challenges faced and changes brought on by the Great Depression in the 1930s.
By Ryan Shepard
Authorities are now investigating a possible hate crime in the state of Illinois. Over the
Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, two nooses were found outside of the York Community High School.
The Elmhurst Police Department has reported that the nooses were found hanging from metal bleachers near a field in the vicinity of the local high school. A group of adults discovered the nooses after playing a game of soccer near the school. Beneath the nooses, two messages were written. One message read, Let them play! Another message read, Hear us now! Please!
“The adults removed the ropes themselves and took them away with the intent to give them to school administrators later,” the Elmhurst Police Department stated.
Since the first doses of the vaccine were received on December 16, 2020, DuPage County Health Department (DCHD) and the health systems serving DuPage County are working to vaccinate as many healthcare personnel as possible as the vaccine supply increases.