You Are There: The Experience
A member trip with a genealogy twist
Saturday, November 9, 2019
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Check in - 8:00 a.m.
$75 per current IHS Member,
$125 per guest (includes one-year IHS Membership)
Registration deadline - Thursday, October 24
Cost includes bus transportation and lunch
Immerse yourself in the 1800s and the story of Giles White, Hoosier frontiersman and Civil War hero turned town sheriff and mayor of Greensburg. Join IHS actors, Indiana Department of Natural Resources Director of Special Initiatives Jeannie Regan-Dinius, and descendant Bob White on a one-of-a-kind experience.
Starting in You Are There 1839: Religion and the Divided Frontier, we explore the experiences of Giles’ mother, Lucy White, through his eyes and learn about the emotions in rural Indiana leading into the Civil War. Then we hop on a bus to locations in Decatur County to trace the family’s history. Along the way, we learn the story of an escaped slave named Caroline and her four young children who escaped from Kentucky to Indiana to Canada on the Underground Railroad.
We reveal the dilemmas Giles faced as sheriff and mayor in the face of racial tension and talk about the legal case against Luther Donnell, who aided Caroline. Donnell’s conviction in the Decatur Circuit Court was reversed by the Indiana Supreme Court.
**Special note: The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon will be held Saturday, November 9.
Please CLICK HERE to visit the race website and view the course map to find your best route to the History Center.
