Kid's Activity Day
November 20th |
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December 18th
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Siouxland Heritage Museums Board
November 6th and December 4th 11:30 a.m.
Siouxland Heritage Museums Alliance Board
November 13th and December 11th at 5:30 p.m.
Sioux Valley Genealogical Society
November 6th and December 4th at 7 p.m.
Minnehaha County Historical Society
November 20th and December 18th at 6 p.m.
Tea Parties for All Ages at the Pettigew
The Pettigrew Home & Museum will host an adult Victorian Tea Party on November 16th and a Victorian Girl Tea Party for girls 7-11 on December 29th. Space is limited for each program, call 367-7097 to register in advance.
Arms and Armaments Exhibit Returns!
Look for the exhibit Arms and Armaments featuring firearms and other weapons from the Siouxland Heritage Museums’ collection, returning November 12th at the Old Courthouse Museum.
Lakota History From a Family Perspective
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the Old Courthouse Museum November 18th
Donovin Sprague will present the history of the Lakota people in the late 19th century through family stories and photographs in the program Lakota History From a Family Perspective on November 18th at 7 p.m. at the Old Courthouse Museum. The program will cover topics such as the Battle of Little Big Horn and Fort Fetterman from a Lakota perspective, and is sponsored in part by the South Dakota Humanities Council.
Donovin Sprague is a Miniconjou Lakota and is a descendant of Chief Hump and the Crazy Horse family. He is an author of five books, a flute maker, and is currently the Director of Education at the Crazy Horse Memorial and a part-time professor at Black Hills State University and Oglala Lakota College.
| November 2008 | ||||||
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1964 Residents of the District of Columbia cast their votes for the President of the United States for the first time. |
1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States. |
Noon Concert Dana Johnson |
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Museums Closed for Veteran's Day |
19th Century Hand Weaving 9-10 a.m. |
Bobbins & Pins Lace Makers 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. ![]() |
Noon Concert Johnson/ McKinney Quintet |
1, 2, 3 p.m. |
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Victorian Tea Party at the Pettigrew Home & Museum 2 p.m. |
1558 Queen Mary I, the monarch of England and Ireland dies, and is succeeded by her sister Elizabeth. |
Lakota History from a Family Perspective 7 p.m. |
Gobble, Gobble! 9-11:30 a.m. 1-2:30 p.m. |
Noon Concert Larry Yarrow w/ Jim Kuper |
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Museums Closed for Thanksgiving ![]() |
Noon Concert South Dakota Acoustic Music Group |
1947 The United Nations votes for the partition of Palestine and the creation of an independent Jewish state. |
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Spend Your Holidays at the Pettigrew!
A Holiday Evening December 11th
Once again this holiday season, the Pettigrew Home & Museum will be decorated in Victorian holiday fashion. The home will be decorated throughout December and will be featured at A Holiday Evening on Thursday, December 11th from 5-8 p.m. This event will include special holiday music and decorations, refreshments, and horse-drawn wagon rides through the historic neighborhood. The holiday open house is also a rare opportunity to tour the historic home at your own pace, with museum staff and volunteers located in each room to discuss the rooms with visitors.
The holiday season is full of family outings, school vacations, and out-of-town guests. There is no better time or place to see the Victorian style of the early 20th century than the Pettigrew Home & Museum.
Kids Can Close Out 2008 with Craftapallooza on December 31st!
Bring your kids to the Old Courthouse Museum on Wednesday, December 31st for a free craft day from 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. A variety of fun kid’s crafts and materials will be available throughout the day to help creatively celebrate the end of another year.
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1990 The opening in the English Channel Tunnel between England and France is connected. |
Noon Concert Augustana String Quartet |
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1941 360 Japanese war planes descend on Pearl Harbor in a ferocious bombing assault. |
19th Century Hand Weaving 9-10 a.m. |
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Noon Concert Bobby Gripp w/ "Jazzed" Quartet |
1947 U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. |
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2001 Italy's Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after a team of experts spent 11 years fortifying the tower without eliminating the lean. |
19th Century Hand Weaving 9-10 a.m. |
Let is Snow! 9-11:30 a.m. 1-2:30 p.m. |
Noon Concert John Mogen and Friends |
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Museums Closed at Noon for Christmas Eve |
Museums Closed for Christmas |
Noon Concert Anjelic |
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1895 The first commercial movie is screened at the Grand Cafe in Paris. |
Victorian Tea Party at the Pettigrew Home & Museum 2 p.m. |
1, 2, 3 p.m. |
Craftapalooza 9-11:30 a.m. & 1-3 p.m. |
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