05/05/2026
This past Saturday, May 2nd we hosted “Dining in History” at St Paul United Church of Christ fellowship hall. It was a great success with more than 50 in attendance. We had a delicious meal provided by Kitten Lee catering, we had very interesting speakers and learned just how much of the founding of our nation involved our area and some very savvy patriots! If you’ve never heard of him, his name is George Rogers Clark and he was integral to the United States securing the Midwest from the French. We also learned about “the Indigo Girl” who was the mother to Colonel Pinckney, of whom our town is named after. That’s an incredible story! We had a silent auction, and the best cake from
Mark’s Bakery in Duquoin. Oh and we learned how important chief DuQuoin was in helping the Americans with trade and support of the troops. Thanks to our speakers, Ray Porter and Rhonda Schubert, thanks to Cheryl Bigham who came up with the idea and headed up the planning, and thanks to David Sprehe for his introduction to our evening, compelling people to become involved and helping us to understand the importance of our history and of us learning how we got to here today. And a big thank you to all who attended, It was a very special evening. If you missed it, the Pinckneyville Community Center and the historical society are putting on “Celebrate250” on June 14. We have so much planned for the day - music, food trucks, historically themed games and crafts, and some historical characters will be showing up! The museum will be open to walk thru - you’ll get to see the work we’ve done inside making it more historically correct. So keep an eye out for info - we have flyers we’ll post here. And of course if any of this sounds like something you would like to get involved with, we would love to have you become a member! Just leave a comment and we’ll get you a membership form (just $25 for the year)
