Flower Walks - every Saturday in April from 10-2; there are two Bird Walks on Saturday, April 27 at 6 am and 4 pm. The dinner lecture, Adventures with Birds presented by Dr. Tony Rothering will be held on April 2, 5:30 pm at the Wild Hare Cafe. Registration forms and ticket information for each event can be downloaded from the historical society's website: www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org.

Professor Tony Rothering will lead what is possibly the first bird banding demonstration ever held on Elkhart Hill. In addition to the banding demonstration, Rothering is offering a dinner lecture on “Adventures with Birds” a subject which will include more information about bird banding, learning to identify birds and much more

The Wild Hare Café provides all of the delicious meals for our Elkhart Historical Society functions as well as providing the homey atmosphere. We bundle it into an all-inclusive package for price of $40, which includes the meal, tax and tip, plus $10 for the Elkhart Historical Society.

Friday, April 12 at 6:30 pm, during his visit to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum, historian Douglas Brinkley examines how in less than 10 years, the United States went from losing the space race to landing on the moon – achieving a nearly impossible goal set by President John Kennedy. Mr. Brinkley will discuss the scramble to reach the moon as he did in his book “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race”. In it he examined the Cold War politics behind JFK’s challenge, the technology that made it possible, and the astronauts, engineers and politicians who pulled it off.

On April 13, 2019, coinciding with the date of the ship's maiden voyage, come visit the opening of a Selle-Agner exhibit, "Life on the Titanic".  Presented to portray the life and times of the ship, its passengers, and the elegant Edwardian Age. The items on display are contemporaries of those that sank on the famed ship as well as items from the rescued ship.

The Litchfield Pickers Market will return, for its fifth year, every second Sunday of the month from April to October, with the exact 2019 market dates being: April 14, May 12, June 9, July14, August 11, September 8, and October 13. Mark your calendar NOW and plan to visit downtown Litchfield, Illinois between 9 AM to 3 PM. This year is going to be a great one!

The 13th Annual Red Carpet Corridor Festival traverses 13 Communities from Joliet to Towanda along a 90-mile stretch of Old Route 66 that collectively celebrates the Mother Road. Each town puts together its own events for that Saturday, making for a great shopping and sight-seeing experience. Gather the family and take a trip down memory lane. Towns include Joliet, Elwood, Wilmington, Braidwood, Godley, Braceville, Gardner, Dwight, Odell, Pontiac, Chenoa, Lexington and Towanda.