Programs

Location

Ruyle Genealogy & Library Building

920 Breckenridge

Speaker

Bill McClain, Botanist

Date

Monday, April 6, 2026

Program

Presentation on the history of orchards in Macoupin County

Location

Ruyle Genealogy & Library Building

920 Breckenridge

Speaker

Tom Emery, Author

Date

Monday, May 4, 2026

Program

Tom will discuss his book 'Macoupin County and the Revolutionary War

Location

Ruyle Genealogy & Library Building

920 Breckenridge

Speaker

Sharon Bryden

Date

July 6, 2026

Program

Significance of the Blackhawk Tablet artifact discovered in the 1940s in Macoupin County

Location

Ruyle Genealogy & Library Building

920 Breckenridge

Speaker

Illinois Humanities Road Scholar Kim Sigafus, Ojibwa Tribe

Date

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Program

Native American Heritage program "History Belongs to All of Us"

Location

Ruyle Genealogy & Library Building

920 Breckenridge

Speaker

Barbara Kay

Date

Monday, August 3, 2026

Program

Portrayal of of Dolley Madison

Location

Backyard of the Mansion

Speaker

No speaker . . . just friends and family

Date

Monday, October 5, 2026

Program

We cook hot dogs over an open fire, tell stories, and share potluck goodies.

Location

Ruyle Genealogy & Library Building

920 Breckenridge

Speaker

Rosemary Connolly

Date

Monday, November 2, 2026

Program

"The Hello Girls" focuses on young American women dispatched to France during Word War I to serve as telephone operators.