<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Illinois IGNN: History News</title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link><description>The Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) section is your online source for news from the State of Illinois. Choose from the IGNN Links on the right to locate press releases in the categories that are of interest to you, or use the search the news feature to locate specific press releases or a different topic of releases. For other media, access the Illinois Information Service (IIS) Radio page for digital radio feeds and news soundbites.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright &#169; 2009 State of Illinois</copyright><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><ttl>2</ttl><webMaster>cms.rss@illinois.gov</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:32:02 CST</lastBuildDate><image>  <title>IGNN</title>  <link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link>  <url>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/images/IGNN133x45.jpg</url>  <width>133</width>  <height>45</height>   </image><!-- Note: You can get the HTML version by replacing .xml to .htm --><item><title><![CDATA[Oral History of Illinois Agriculture Website Launched - Features 300 hours of audio and video interviews withmore than 130 people]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=27&#x26;RecNum=7986</link><description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD – Anyone with a computer can now see and hear the history of Illinois agriculture told by the people who lived it. Today, during a news conference, the Illinois State Museum launched the Audio-Video Barn website (http://avbarn.museum.state.il.us), featuring 300 hours of interviews with more than 130 people involved with agriculture in Illinois over the past 129 years.  The website is the culmination of a two-year Oral History of Illinois Agriculture project led by the Illinois State Museum and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4158F6D19559955BAE372BB00F6204E4</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A taste of the old life]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=27&#x26;RecNum=7547</link><description><![CDATA[Pioneer Life Summer Day Camp at Lincoln’s New Salem gives students a chance to experience life in the 1830s]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3783F31A590C99846281C4534E05BC6B</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago’s Inland Steel Building, Spiegel Office Building, and Independence Park listed in National Register of Historic Places]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=27&#x26;RecNum=7552</link><description><![CDATA[CHICAGO – The Inland Steel Building, Spiegel Office Building and Independence Park in Chicago were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 18, 2009 by the National Park Service.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">626FBE83F8C7F2670B90A773B6DBF17C</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine sales benefit history]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=27&#x26;RecNum=7553</link><description><![CDATA[“Elizabeth” wine honors three pioneer women and benefits Apple River Fort Historic Foundation]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">28A74B8D7DE3373B4BED858FC10B6BF5</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LaSalle’s Julius W. Hegeler the First Home listed in National Register of Historic Places]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=27&#x26;RecNum=7551</link><description><![CDATA[LASALLE – The Julius W. Hegeler I Home at 1306 Seventh Street in LaSalle was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 18, 2009 by the National Park Service.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">44E76E99B5E194377E955B13FB12F630</guid></item></channel></rss>