If there is an act that better defines heroism, I have not seen it.Randy Shilts, paying tribute to those who, while dying from AIDS, agreed to be interviewed for his book, And the Band Played On After his death, The Beacon News called him “an enormous journalistic...
“A bunch of lousy gangsters.” Mayor Paul Egan That was Paul Egan’s view of politicians. How he became a politician himself and earned an international reputation for plain speaking and a whole lot of other things is an Everyman story of the 1950s...
Happening Now — Portraits of the Past. Presenting 60 portraits in oil, acrylic, pen and ink, pencil, and photography, all drawn from our archives. About this painting: William F. Holt (1867-1940) Hand-colored pastel based on a photograph; Artist, Casimir Arcouet...
After an extended closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Society’s first exhibit open to the public was Our Favorite Things which consisted of an eclectic mix of artifacts from the Aurora area. The exhibit ran from late June 2021 to mid-January 2022 in the...
By John Jaros, Executive Director, Aurora Historical Society 140 years ago – on November 8, 1881, Aurora became one of the first cities in the country to light its streets with electricity. This is the story of how that came to be. In our modern world, with its...
