Please join us for this online program, “Wings and Writing: Using Aviation as a Theme” with Lisa M. Bolt Simons on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at 7 pm.

Simons, an avid researcher, has three projects she’s working on that have a common thread: aviation. She’s been working on a book about her dad, a USAF Thunderbird pilot who was killed on December 21, 1972, during a test flight, for almost 20 years. Her most recent projects include a young adult novel about a set of twin teenagers who lose their dad in a plane crash and a screenplay about the WASP, includingFaribault’s own Liz Wall Strohfus. Lisa spent 25 years in the education field as a teacher and Literacy Coach before shifting to full-time writing. You can find more information at www.lisamboltsimons.com.

This program will be held using Google Meet. To reserve a virtual seat and get an email with the link to the program, please contact the museum at 507-332-2121 or email us at rchs@rchistory.org.

You can also access the program by clicking on the link below:
https://meet.google.com/ppi-vmyo-tpe

Or, if you prefer to call in with your phone to the number below:
Phone Numbers (US) +1 929-324-1697‬ PIN: ‪904 238 498#

Please note, these two links will not be active until 15 minutes before the program begins.

Saturday, August 22 – 10am to 2:30pm

Join the Rice County Historical Society for an outside tour of 7 historic sites around the county. Volunteers will be at each site to share its history and answer questions.

This is a family-friendly and COVID-friendly event. All vehicles (cars, vans, motorcycles, even busses) are welcome. $20/vehicle – no matter how many people are in the vehicle. 

To make it fun, we’ve added a poker-run-like game where each car will get one playing card when they stop at each historic site, and then participants will turn in the best 5-card hand of their 7 cards. The top 5 hands will receive a prize. (To be announced on Facebook and on our Website by 7 pm that night.)

Participants should start this 2-hour tour anytime between 10 am and noon. Poker hands should be turned in no later than 2:30.

Please note: due to Covid-19, we will not be touring the interior of buildings. 

For more information and/or to register please call or email the museum at 507-332-2121 or rchs@rchistor

Thursday, June 18, 6 pm:
“Exploring the Dalby Database: Online Class”

The Dalby Database is RCHS’s first “Go To” website when doing research, about people, places, and events in Rice County and the surrounding area. Join Susan Garwood (RCHS Executive Director) and John and Jan Dalby, creators of the database, as we do a live demonstration of the website and show some tips and tricks to get the most out of the database.

This class will be held using Google Meet. To join, click this link: meet.google.com/zjv-kyov-fyh

People are encouraged to email RCSH at rchs@rchistory.org to register but it is not required.

Thursday, June 25, 6 pm:
Book Talk: “A Woman’s War, Too: Women at Work During World War II”, with author Virginia Wright-Peterson

Author Virginia Wright-Peterson will talk about her newly published book, “Woman’s War, Too” that shares dramatic stories of women discovering their own potential in a time of national need, surprising themselves and others— and setting the roots of second-wave feminism.  

Faribault’s own Liz Strofus is mentioned in the book as are many others. Participants are encouraged to share their own stories or stories of family members who made a difference, at home and abroad, during World War II.

This talk will be a Facebook Live event on the RCHS Facebook page at  https://www.facebook.com/rchistory

For more information about either event, please call us at 507-332-2121