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Program: The Medline Story

Community Room of the Heritage Center 164 Hawley Street, Grayslake, United States

Grayslake Historical Society program, “The Medline Story”. Heritage Center Community Room. Refreshments. Public Invited. Free. Medline, located at the north east corner of Alleghany and Peterson roads earned Grayslake’s 2022 EDC award. This program will highlight its history and business.

Memorial Day parade

Downtown Grayslake Center St, Grayslake, IL, United States

The Grayslake Historical Society will have its 1954 fire truck in Grayslake’s Memorial Day parade.

Book Club

Community Room of the Heritage Center 164 Hawley Street, Grayslake, United States

American Lit Revisited Book Club: “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Free. College of Lake County Professor Cathy Colton will lead the book club discussion.

Summer Concert

Centennial Plaza corner of Whitney and Center Streets., Grayslake

80s BoomBox Band will perform. First summer concert of the year with 80s cover band music.

Living History Tour of the Grayslake Cemetery

Grayslake Cemetery Lake Street, Grayslake, Illinois

Performances at 1:30 PM and 2:30 PM. Public invited. Donations appreciated. This year the costumed reenactors will portray Mary Mogg, Mary Godfrey, Abigail Frazier, Henry Hart, John Wicks, John Murrie and Allen McMillen. Visitors will hear about their lives and their legacies. Sponsored by Strang Funeral Chapel.

John and Portia Gage: Abolitionists, Suffragists, Spiritualists

Community Room of the Heritage Center 164 Hawley Street, Grayslake, United States

Public invited. Free. Grayslake Historical Society member, Jane Trump, will share stories of these early local settlers and activists. The presentation will highlight their adventures, achievements, triumphs, and tragedies.