Residents chart quakes online via USGS Did You Feel It feature
After a 4.0 quake near Blandville Kentucky, residents e g Mayberry filed reports on the USGS Did You Feel It site. The crowdsourced data create a rapid intensity map for Midwest quakes, improving hazard insight and future loss reduction.
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Illinois Military Museum Moves to New Springfield Home
The Illinois State Military Museum opened recently in a two story building at Camp Lincoln Springfield, displaying a 10 000 piece collection. Curator Mark Whitlock notes the living facility format with a modern information center echoing a National Guard briefing area. The exhibit highlights include Santa Anna’s wooden leg captured by the 4th Regiment Illinois Volunteers in 1847 and Lincoln's target practice board used in 1832 and 1863. The museum traces Illinois military history from the Revolutionary War to present, funded by donations with free admission Tuesday through Saturday 1 pm to 4 30 pm.
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Seven Continents
Illinois State Military Museum
Prairie State
Mark Whitlock
Illinois
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
4Th Regiment
Illinois Volunteers
Lincoln
Washington Monument
Christopher Miner Spencer
Washington
Illinois Military Museum
Capitol
Tuskegee Airmen exhibit expands at Chanute Museum
The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum in Chanute Field hosts a broadened exhibit on the Tuskegee Airmen focusing on the ground support personnel who trained there and enabled the pilots to fly missions. It features a timeline, photographs signed by squadron members, uniforms, medals, and memorabilia including items from Col. Bill Thompson. Beverly Dunhill notes the overlooked importance of ground crews.
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Tuskegee
Europe
North Africa
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
Chanute Field
Beverly Dunhill
Tuskegee Airmen
Chicago
Bill Thompson
Chanute
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