http://www.atkinsonil.com/index.php/community/history Please see the web site link. Atkinson is a village. A Proud Heritage While its earliest settlers were from a variety of countries, Atkinson saw large numbers of immigrants from Belgium and Holland begin to arrive in the 1860s, bringing with them solid clad values like hard work and thriftiness, a game called rolle bolle, and other ethnic/ cultural icons that are woven into the fabric pf modern-day Atkinson.
The Atkinson Museum, for example, showcases pictures, family histories, personal belongings and letters, and numerous artifacts representing contributions to the community that these later immigrants made. Local phonebooks are liberally sprinkled with names brought to Atkinson and the surrounding area from Belgium and Holland. Chris Brill-Packard From: Angelalace <[email protected]> >To: Chris Brill-Packard <[email protected]> >Cc: Arachne Lace List email <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 1:37 PM >Subject: Re: [lace] Announcement - Lace exhibit opening August 20, 2011 Atkinson, IL Museum > >Hi >Please can you tell me where this museum is? I have googled it but just got 'Kate Atkinson's Night at the Museum! >Thanks Angela (in sunny Sussex) > > > > >On 14 Aug 2011, at 17:28, Chris Brill-Packard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> August 20, 2011 will be the opening day of the lace collection of the Holevoet >> family as arranged by Art Holevoet. >> >> The museum opens at 9 am and at 10 >> am the lace event will begin. Lace show is from 10 am - 4 pm. >> Aktinson >> Muesuem is next to the town hall at 402 N. State Street, Atkinson, IL >> Ladies from the Moline Belgian Cultural Center will be demonstrating >> lacemaking from mid-morning until early afternoon. >> >> While the large >> collection of framed lace will remain a part of the permanent collection, this >> opening day event is being planned to stimulate intereste in lace and in the >> museum of ATKINSON, IL. >> >> Art Holevoet will be pleased to hear from you if >> you are planning to attend or if you have questions. Art Holevoet phone >> number is: (309) 936-7621. >> >> Chris Brill-Packard >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to >> [email protected]. Photo site: >> http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 > > > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
