By John Jaros As the baseball season is underway, this month we look back 130 years,…
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Community Conversation: Stony The Road We Trod
In honor of Black History Month, John Jaros, Aurora Historical Society Executive Director, joined Aurora Mayor…
Celebrating Black History Month in Aurora
In celebration of Black History Month, we present a glimpse of the early days of Aurora’s…
Aurora’s worst January ever
By Mary Clark Ormond, President, Aurora Historical Society The next time an elderly person bends your…
Angela Thomas re-elected to historical society board
Angela Clay Thomas was reelected to a third term on the Board of Trustees of the…
Video: Tanner House Holidays
Ten years of Tanner House Holidays. This year, we can’t open the doors for you, so…
Then and Now, 60 Years Later
In exactly the same place where John Kennedy asked for votes, we can now vote. The…
October 2020 — This Month In History: Kennedy’s Visit to Aurora — October 25, 1960
By John Jaros, Executive Director, Aurora Historical Society The 1960 presidential election pitted Republican Richard Nixon,…
A Meeting of the Minds
Ulysses S. Grant, on left, the general who won the Civil War, and was twice elected…
Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15 to October 15
The first Hispanic wave to arrive in Aurora was made up of Mexican immigrants, who first…