Historical society offers program for girls
On Friday, July 17, the Mount Prospect Historical Society's Living History Committee hosted its first Life as a Prairie Girl program at the museum campus, 101 S. Maple St.
The Mount Prospect Historical Society museum campus was alive with the laughter of 29 girls ages 8 to 10 who had the unique experience of learning what life was like living on the prairie.
The program was split into a morning and afternoon session, with each session accommodating 15 girls. Throughout each session, girls rotated to different activities that taught them what life was like on the prairie as a young girl.
The activities included, cleaning rugs with rug beaters, grinding coffee, using a scrub board, learning about the kitchen garden and monarch butterflies, making lemonade and crafting yarn dolls.
The girls were also given the opportunity to dress up like a prairie girl and have their photo taken. At the end of each session, they were taken on a tour through the Dietrich Friedrichs House.
"We are so excited that we were able to make this program available to the community. The key to teaching history to children is through hands-on experiences, and that is exactly what we were able to do," said Lindsay Rice, executive director.
The program was organized by the Mount Prospect Historical Society Living History Committee, volunteers and members from the Garden Club of Mount Prospect.
The Mount Prospect Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which is committed to preserving the history of Mount Prospect, through artifacts, photographs and both oral and written memories of current and former residents and businesspeople.
On its campus in the heart of the village, the society maintains the 1906 Dietrich Friedrichs house museum and carriage house and an ADA-accessible education center. The society is also in the midst of an adaptive restoration of the 1896 one-room Central School, which was moved to the museum campus in 2008.
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