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Greatness Explained: The Great Lakes
Norman Moline began a lifelong interest in the Great Lakes as a boy on the shores of Lake Michigan. He will relate the lakes' impact.
Highland Park ----Highland Park Historical Society host on Thursday March 12th at 7:00 PM ‘Greatness Explained: The Great Lakes,’ presented by Norman Moline. Moline grew up in the Chicago area and began a lifelong interest in the Great Lakes as a boy on the shores of Lake Michigan. The interest may have led him into geography, though this program will focus on the lakes’ impact instead of their forming.
The Great Lakes are one of the great natural wonders of the world but surprisingly often are not included on such lists. They and their connecting channels and portages have been central in the settlement history and cultural geography of this region.
While native Americans used the Great Lakes extensively, we begin with the explorations and use of these connections by the French as part of its “crescent” of settlement in which Illinois Country had a significant role.
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Norman Moline, professor emeritus of geography at Augustana College, will identify the many links within the Great Lakes watershed and with adjoining watersheds, elaborate on their historical significance for the nation and for our region, and focus on some of the current environmental and political issues which impact Illinois and other states bordering these lakes. For more information on the Great Lakes, visit http://www.great-lakes.net.
‘Greatness Explained: The Great Lakes,’ will be presented at the Highland Park Public Library Auditorium 494 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park. For further information, please contact the Highland Park Historical Society: 847.432.7090 or hphistorical@sbcglobal.net Admission is free.
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The event is being produced in part by the Illinois Humanities Council’s Road Scholars Speakers Bureau, a program that provides organizations statewide with affordable, entertaining, and thought-provoking humanities events for their communities. A roster of speakers, hailing from 16 different towns and cities across Illinois, present topics in history, culture, literature, music, politics, law, science, and many more. Mallory Laurel, the IHC’s coordinator for the program, states “The contagious passion our speakers have for their topics is what makes this program so dynamic and appealing. We don’t need to change lives; we just want audiences to feel curious again.”
