In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were a number of protests by Native Americans for better housing and social services. Some of these...

For Lake County's 96th Illinois Infantry, Chickamauga was "A battle of tremendous proportions and fraught with mighty import."...

Gene Tunney, circa 1928. Online photo World heavyweight champion, James Joseph "Gene" Tunney (1897-1978) trained for one of h...

During the Civil War in October 1862, the 96th Illinois Infantry was in northern Kentucky. There, they were approached by two Confederate de...

On June 26, 1913, the State of Illinois approved women’s suffrage. Illinois was one of many states to approve women’s right to vote in advan...

During World War I (1914-1918), Fort Sheridan was at the forefront of mustering and training soldiers. Much of that training focused on ma...