July 2022
Nights at the Musuem
BARN-BURNING AND OTHER ACTS OF PATRIOTISM DR. KEITH FYNAARDT In 1918, WWI’s anti-immigrant jingoism incited a vigilante band of Iowa farmers and led to the burning of Dutch-Americans’ barns, businesses and other buildings east of Pella, Iowa—including Peoria Christian Reformed Church and the nearby Christian school. Presentation is held at the museum at 6:30pm. Seating is limited.
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Nights at the Museum
ORANGE WHAT? ORANGE WHO? JOHN BUNTSMA Who was William the Silent of Orange-Nassau (1533-1584)? And what does he and his history have to do with our little city and its vibrant name? Presentation is held at the museum at 6:30pm. Seating is limited.
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Nights at the Museum
ORANGE CITY’S EARLY ANTI-VAXXERS DR. RICHARD REITSEMA As the smallpox epidemic spread through Northwest Iowa in 1882, some locals (whom outsiders called “Hollanders”) refused to be injected with the cowpox vaccine that had proven effective against the disease for more than 85 years. How did others in the region respond to the Hollander’s reticence? Presentation is held at the museum at 6:30pm. Seating is limited.
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Nights at the Museum
ORANGE CITY, RED TRUCKS: A HISTORY OF THE OCFD DR. ANN LUNDBERG Founded in 1883 as the “Rescue Hook and Ladder Company of Orange City” by men who procured hooks, ladders, buckets and axes and women who held oyster-supper fund-raisers, the fire department has been through many changes in location, equipment and tactics--and has fought its share of fires. Presentation is held at the museum at 6:30pm. Seating is limited.
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