The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site invite visitors to "Voices of the Village," a program offered the first Sunday of every other month from May to November in the Visitor Center Auditorium at 1:00 PM. 
The hour-long program will be an interactive lecture featuring artifacts and various components of Lincoln’s New Salem history. Light refreshments will be served. Doors open at 12:30pm.  Attendees can enjoy a musical prelude to the lecture starting at 12:45pm.   

• Sunday, November 2nd – Holidays in the 1830s
Christmas was a little different nearly 200 years ago. Start your holiday season off by learning about the various holidays and how they were celebrated across 19th century America.