{"id":32125,"date":"2026-03-03T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=32125"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:35:24","slug":"power-of-place-illinois-road-scholar-presentation-with-dr-aaron-lawler","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/calendar\/32125-power-of-place-illinois-road-scholar-presentation-with-dr-aaron-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Power of Place &#8211; Illinois Road Scholar Presentation with Dr. Aaron Lawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-tribe_events pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site<\/span> will host <strong>Power of Place- An Illinois Road Scholar Presentation with Dr. Aaron Lawler<\/strong>.\u00a0 The presentation will be on Saturday, March 7, at 2:00 pm in the Visitor Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>In this thought-provoking talk, Dr. Lawler takes audiences on a unique tour of Illinois&#8217; most sacred and strange landmarks; from ancient Cahokia to Casey&#8217;s &#8220;World&#8217;s Largest&#8221; mailbox, from the Baha&#8217;i Temple to the Leaning Tower of Niles.\u00a0 When people return again and again to the same places, they leave something behind:\u00a0 memory, longing, belief.\u00a0 Over time, these places become filled with the presence of everyone who has stood here before.\u00a0 In this way, America&#8217;s kitsch and its sacredness are not opposites but companions.\u00a0 Dr. Lawler closes the presentation with a few carefully selected &#8220;day-cation&#8221; pilgrimages, not as tourism, but as journeys of curiosity, reflection, and reconnection.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation aligns with the Illinois America 250 Commission&#8217;s theme, the &#8220;Power of Place,&#8221; that helps us explore how our natural and built environments have shaped the settlement, migration, and the development of our state.\u00a0 The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site<\/span> is located at 402 South Lincoln Highway Road, near Lerna.<\/p>\n<p>To contact them, call 217-345-1845 or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lincolnlogcabin.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lincolnlogcabin.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site will host Power of Place- An Illinois Road Scholar Presentation with Dr. Aaron Lawler.\u00a0 The presentation will be on Saturday, March 7, at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[40],"class_list":["post-32125","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community-calendar","cat_community-calendar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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