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By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide Did you ever make the connection between skyscrapers and keypunch cards (for those too young to remember, keypunch cards were a means to enter data…

By Hy Speck, Class of 1995 Chicago Landmarks. Using the first letter from each word, can you identify the Chicago attraction or landmark? For instance, Awe-Inspiring would be the Art Institute.…

By Rick Lightburn, Class of 2008 We’ve all said it a hundred times---something/someone is solid as a rock. Before there was glass and steel, rock, or stone, was used to…

Bu Lisa Ciota, Education Guide Every once in a while, I hear something and wonder, “What were they thinking?”, or even a less gentle variation of that question. Too often,…

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” - Henry Ford                             …

Spring---the traditional time for lambs, flowers, and babies! Susan Pappas’s first grandchild, Noah, arrived on May 19th. A big boy, Noah weighed in at just over 9 pounds. When will…

Cynthia Bates, 2016 I had a wonderful experience on a River Cruise I recently took with an out-of-town guest from Switzerland. When we were waiting at the dock, the docent,…

By Jean Schlinkmann, Class of 2013 Remember the Golden Rule you learned as a toddler? Treat others as you would like to be treated. This was the basis of my…

As we think forward to July 4th and the historical documents associated with it, Docent Council (DC) is finishing up a rewriting/recrafting of docents’ foundation document, The Articles of Operation…

By Rick Lightburn, Class of 2008 The American experience is incomplete without the story of our African American citizens. Our guests, local and international, ask questions about this aspect of…