Historical Society Honors Three Lake Forest Families With 100+ Years in the Community

The Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society will honor three Lake Forest families as part of its annual Centennial Family Awards program at 2 p.m. Sunday (May 1) at Lake Forest Academy’s Cressey Center for the Arts.

The free program will also feature a lecture on “Lake Forest Milestones.”

Each year, the Historical Society honors families that have lived in the community for 100 years or more with the Centennial Family Awards. Stories and photographs, many of which have not been shared before with the public, will reveal the unique contributions that each family has made to the community. 

The 2011 Centennial Family Award Honorees are:

• Baldwin Family, submitted by Rosemary Baldwin Huhnke.
• McClure-Stuart Family, submitted by Margaret Stuart Hart.
• Pratt-Strenger Family, submitted by Gale Strenger Wayne.

Arthur H. Miller, archivist and librarian for Special Collections at Lake Forest College’s Donnelley Library, will present a lecture on anniversary celebrations of the past. With the City of Lake Forest in the midst of its sesquicentennial, this lecture looks back at how local residents have celebrated civic, organizational, and institutional anniversaries – whether 25, 50, 100, or 150 years – and how these celebrations made their mark on the community.

For more information about the upcoming annual meeting and
the slate of officers and candidates to be elected to the board, call the Historical Society at (847) 234-5253 or visit www.lflbhistory.org.