Preserving and promoting local history
NEWS
Nov. 2014 - Letourneau house receives a facelift. Exterior repairs completed.
Apr. 2014 - Sorbonne students visit local historic sites. Learn more.
Jan. 2014 - LeVasseur descendents bestow gift. Learn more.
Dec. 2013 - Letourneau great-grandchildren contribute to home's preservation.Learn more.
The Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society is headquartered at the George R. Letourneau Home Museum & Adrien M. Richard Heritage Preserve. Members meet at the Letourneau Home on the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. March - December.
The museum is open to the public the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month, March - December, or by appointment.
NEXT MEETING
Mar. 5, 2015 - Join us for the first monthly meeting of 2014 - 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at the Letourneau Home Museum.
LIBRARY EVENTS
History of U.S - France Relations presentation and book signings, by author Dr. Charles Balesi.
Thurs. Jan. 29, 7 p.m. Kankakee Public Library
Tues. Feb. 3, 7 p.m. Bourbonnais Public Library
SPRING BUS TOUR
May 20-25, 2015 - Walk the streets of the oldest settlements in Illinois and Missouri, Fort St. Louis, Old Cahokia, St. Genevieve, Fort de Chartres, Kaskaskia and more on this French-colonial bus tour.