Bureau County's Other Congressmen

Congressman Owen Lovejoy is a beloved figure in Princeton and Bureau County, so much so that, for more than half a century, his legacy has been celebrated during the Homestead Festival every September. But what about Bureau County’s other congressmen? At 1 p.m. Aug. 10, Jim Dunn, president of the Bureau County History Center Board, will present the stories of four other congressmen with deep connections to Bureau County. Attendees will learn about the congressman from Princeton who was called “The Father of the Hennepin Canal”; the congressman from Tiskilwa whom the opposing party helped to elect when they lost faith in their own incumbent; the congressman born in Ohio, Illinois, who voted to declare war on Germany during World War I; and the two-term congressman born in Dover whose son followed in his father’s footsteps by serving nearly a quarter of a century in Congress during the tumultuous 1940s and 1950s.? This program is free and all are welcome to attend.