Lives & Times Schedule

A series of programs highlighting Iowa’s people and history will take place at the IGS Library.

All programs are FREE and open to the public; no registration is required. Freewill donations are appreciated. Enjoy learning more about Iowa’s unique heritage, then afterwords visit with the presenters and explore the library’s superb resources.

Prohibition

Join historian Phil Parks at the IGS Library on for a series of lectures on Prohibition.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012: Drinks for Everyone Drinking in colonial America

Wednesday, June 13, 2012: I Do Not Think I’ll Ever Drink From temperance to Prohibition

Wednesday, June 20, 2012: Let’s Sing It Into the Constitution Prohibition in Iowa

Wednesday, June 27, 2012: Where’s the Nearest Speakeasy? Prohibition in the 1920s

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Southern Mourning Customs circa the Civil War

Thursday, July 19, 2012, 7 p.m. at IGS.

Bruce and Colleen Peterson are the presenters for this July 19 program. They will assume the characters of the Widow Weeds and a Confederate Cavalry officer.