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Downers Grove Historical Society – Founder of the Year Ceremony: Isrel Blackburn
May 4 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
May 04, 2024
Founder of the Year Ceremony: Isrel Blackburn
Main Street Cemetery, 5158 Main Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515 United States
Downers Grove, IL 60515 United States
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Free to the public.
DG Historical Society is pleased to announce Isrel Larry Blackburn as the Founder of the Year for 2024.
Isrel Larry Blackburn was born into slavery on a plantation in Kentucky in 1818. He lived there until 1864 when he was sold to the Union Army where he was assigned to a “Colored Infantry.” He earned the rank of sergeant before his discharge in 1865.
Blackburn then moved his family north to Downers Grove.
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