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Start: 2:30 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Bucky Halker
During the 1930s, the Depression and the Dustbowl ravaged America's economy and left millions of Americans unemployed and homeless. Even those who didn't lose their jobs or farms often experienced the hardship of reduced incomes. Not surprisingly, music became an important method for expressing dissatisfaction with the status quo. Indeed, protest songs emerged as the collective voice of this army of migrants and downtrodden and the era produced a great outpouring of protest songwriting, including the songs of Woody Guthrie. Join Bucky Halker for a program that combines performance and commentary, as he reviews working-class protest songs from the Dustbowl and Great Depression. Start: 7:00 pm
 Dr. Debra A. Reid, Associate Professor of History from Eastern Illinois University, will be the guest speaker for the opening of Between Fences in Princeton.
Dr. Reid, one of the State Scholars for this Museum on Main Street project, will discuss Illinois' history of fencing and land use, and will discuss these implications and ramifications for Princeton and the surrounding region. Between Fences Exhibit: We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods. They are decorative structures that are as much part of the landscape as trees and flowers. Industry and agriculture without fences would be difficult to imagine. Private ownership of land would be an abstract concept. But fences are more than functional objects. They are powerful symbols. The way we define ourselves as individuals and as a nation becomes concrete in how we build fences. | ||
