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DESCRIPTION:Wilmette Harbor Club Lecture Series\nLost on the Lady Elgin\nWh
 en she touched a musket lying in a field of debris among the wreckage of t
 he once palatial sidewheel steamer Lady Elgin\, it ignited a passion for t
 he study of the tragic circumstances of her sinking in Lake Michigan in Se
 ptember 1860\, which resulted in the deaths of more than 300 people\, most
  from Milwaukee\, Wisconsin. Valerie van Heest brings the audience back in
  time: To the golden age of Great Lakes passenger travel\; to the eve of a
  presidential election\; to the brink of Civil War\; and to a dark\, storm
 y night when 400 excursionists on board the Lady Elgin were awakened in th
 e middle of the night by a terrible crash when the vessel was off Highland
  Park\, Illinois. Within just a few hours\, most of them would perish in t
 he deadliest disaster on the open waters of the Great Lakes. One hundred s
 ixty years after this tragic accident\, Valerie shares her exploration of 
 the wreckage\, her involvement in a lengthy court battle\, some fascinatin
 g artifacts from the wreck and the lessons she learned.\nPlease log in to 
 RSVP for this event\n&nbsp\;\n\nAbout the Speaker\nWilmette native\, Valer
 ie Olson van Heest is an underwater explorer and historian who has been in
 volved in the discovery and archaeological documentation of numerous histo
 ric Great Lakes shipwrecks. Combining her passion for maritime history wit
 h her professional writing and design experience\, Valerie shares her adve
 ntures through award-winning books\, films\, lectures\, and museum exhibit
 s in ways to educate\, entertain and inspire. She is an inductee in the Wo
 men Divers Hall of fame and the recipient of a Michigan State History Awar
 d for her work preserving and promoting the state’s submerged maritime his
 tory. https://whc.mango-wp.com/events/calendar/event/1188-whc-lecture-seri
 es
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LOCATION:Wilmette Harbor Club (20 Harbor Drive\, Wilmette\, IL 60091)
SUMMARY:WHC Lecture Series
URL:https://whc.mango-wp.com/events/calendar/event/1188-whc-lecture-series
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