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Cantigny Park, part of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, awarded a check for $12,504 to the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans in Wheaton.
The donation, presented by the park on Veterans Day, represents net proceeds from the 12th annual Ca...
Updated: Nov 20, 2015 at 11:24 AM
My yard, and probably yours too, is a fine place to watch birds.
It doesn't matter that it's surrounded by other houses, or that a park, pond or woods is nowhere in sight. The birds visit anyway, attracted by food, water and a chance to have their ...
Updated: Nov 17, 2015 at 06:25 AM
For the second straight year, Chris Zielinski captured first place at the Cantigny 5K Run/Walk. With a chip time of 17 minutes, 27 seconds (17:26.59), the 40-year-old from Plainfield averaged 5:37 minutes per mile.
The Cantigny 5K celebrated its 12t...
Updated: Nov 16, 2015 at 09:29 AM
Decorating the Christmas tree is a cherished tradition of many families, a time when hot chocolate is made, ornaments are hung, songs are sung and lights are illuminated. It's also a tradition at the Robert R. McCormick Museum in Cantigny Park, wher...
Updated: Nov 12, 2015 at 12:59 PM
Seven Community Trees, each decorated for Christmas by a different local nonprofit organization, go on display this month at the Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny Park, as a special holiday attraction that honors McCormick's philanthropic legac...
Updated: Nov 05, 2015 at 01:56 PM
Cantigny Park invites runners and walkers of all ages to enter the 12th annual Cantigny 5K Run/Walk to help the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans in Wheaton.
Held annually in connection with Veterans Day, Nov. 11, the race begins at 9 a.m. Satur...
Updated: Oct 20, 2015 at 04:06 PM
Last month on the train returning to Glen Ellyn from Chicago, I might have been the only passenger reading a book and not fiddling with a smartphone.
And I'm 99 percent sure I was the only Metra client reading "Feeding Wild Birds in America."
I lo...
Published: Oct 19, 2015 at 02:00 AM
An immersion in all things autumnal awaits visitors to the annual Fall Festival Saturday at Cantigny Park in Wheaton.
Pumpkins will be decorated, hay wagons will offer rides and taffy apples will be consumed while nature fires up a colorful kaleidos...
Updated: Oct 07, 2015 at 07:05 PM
More than 400 actors will provide a living history lesson about the Revolutionary War this weekend at Cantigny Park in Wheaton.
The free and historically accurate spectacle, produced by the North West Territory Alliance, is scheduled for 10 a.m. t...
Updated: Sep 03, 2015 at 01:55 PM
I never really expect too much on an early August bird walk. Fall migration hasn't quite arrived. The birding can be a little slow.
But I'm rethinking that after a walk last month produced two very unexpected birds. The first was a pine siskin, a "...
Updated: Sep 03, 2015 at 12:19 PM