The mission of the Northfield Historical Society is to connect individuals to the history
of the Northfield area by collecting, preserving, and sharing its unique stories.
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408 Division Street
Northfield, MN 55057
Phone number: 507-645-9268
Fax number: 507-663-6080
Hours
Monday – Saturday 10 am to 4 pm
Sundays 12 pm to 4 pm
Admission
$5 – Adults
$4 – Seniors (65+)
$3 – Students
$2 – Children (6 to 12)
Free – Children under 6
Free – NHS Members
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Cheer the triumph of women gaining the right to vote in 1920. The Northfield Historical Society has the traveling League of Women Voters exhibit on display until Sunday, September 27. See it before it's gone!
It's time to reveal this week's #WhatsitWednesday item! This shell was brought back from the Western Front in 1918. More specifically, this was from the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the final Allied offensive of World War I. The battle began on September 26, 1918 and lasted until the Armistice on November 11, 1918. Involving an approximate 1.2 million soldiers, the battle was the largest American offensive of the war, and one of the biggest and deadliest in American history. In addition to battlefield casualties, American losses were exacerbated by the Spanish Flu pandemic. We honor
and remember the sacrifices of the men and women on the battlefield and in the hospitals of that offensive that began 102 years ago this week. Thanks for playing, check back next week for another #WhatsitWednesday!
It's time for our weekly #WhatsitWednesday challenge! Here is this week's mystery item. See if you can guess what major battle this munition is from!
If you haven't been listening to 95.1 and getting the details of this amazing project, here is your chance! All three parts of the series can be found on this link.
Prairie Island Indian Community Buffalo Project part 3 of a 3 part series
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Prairie Island Indian Community Buffalo ProjectHere's is this week's #maskedupmonday challenge! This week we have Thorstein Veblen! Thorstein Veblen was born in Wisconsin to Norwegian immigrants in 1857 but grew up in Nerstrand. After graduating from Carleton College, Veblen went on to become one of the most famous economists of the early twentieth century. Veblen died in California in August, 1929, just a few months before the Great Depression. Thanks for playing, check back next week for another Masked-up Monday!