#Galesburg Illinois

[giannic]

For about three years I have been fascinated by this monologue and oral witness statement by Tay Porter, a woman from what I reluctantly call my home town, Galesburg Illinois. I suppose I can say, honestly, that Knoxville and NOT Galesburg was my home town, because that's where my parents brought me from the hospital, Saint Mary's, around the end of April 1961. The hospital was in Galesburg; our family's first home was in Knoxville , about 10 miles to the east. Galesburg was where I went through hell. I have tried sharing the story of my abuse by my church, in the comments under Tay's video on YouTube, but twice, someone has gone & deleted every single comment. It's as if someone wants to erase my existence from public memory. Strangely enough, in the article on my father's life after he died, there was mention of my mother but no mention that any of us children were born. That was in the Galesburg Register Mail, in an edition that rolled off the press sometime in late October or early November 2016. The article took up the bottom half of the front page & half of the back page. Likewise, a couple years later, around 2018, my father's sister and her children were honoured in the Knox College alumni magazine, but no mention was made of my sister Margaret or of me. We were graduated from Knox too. But for some reason we are again left unmentioned. Could it be because my mother was an immigrant from Mexico?

[20th-century-railroading]

CB&Q SD9 339

Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad SD9 339 and SD7 314 at Galesburg, Illinois on September 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.

[tmglineaday]

We are, for some reason, all the time bleeding

[kaboomthepossum]

Weekend in Western Illinois Drawing

Hello bestiesss! It is I, Kaboom, once again bringing you your 9th instalment of ‘drawing TMG songs for the vibes’

So. I’m really really sorry I haven’t done one for so long - I’ve been insanely busy but I’m gonna get working on some more soon

I got an anon request to do this alllll the way back in April so if that was you here it is haha! I have wanted to do this for agesss since it’s such a lovely song and I love drawing dogs!

I am actually super proud of this one, I love the song and I think (I hope) I did it justice!

[unteriors]

Old Post Road, Galesburg, Illinois.

[jennying-my-thebes]

" and we love these dogs

that roll on the lawns here in Galesburg

because they seem to know something

nobody else knows "

[outofcontextgoats]

we love these dogs

[scatterghosts]

Weekend in Western Illinois by The Mountain Goats // Snow on 16th Street and Winter Flurries II by Doug Dawson

[aryburn-trains]

The sun sets on Amtrak's California Zephyr as it departs eastbound from Galesburg just a few days before Christmas, 1992.

[speedygal]

*insert yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah*

[uniqueartisanconnoisseur]

Traveling for literature!

Are you a reader like I am? Do you love books and literature? I do, and I enjoy traveling to places where writers, or their characters are from! Recently on a trip to Perryville, Missouri, we stopped on our way back at Chester, Illinois to see the Popeye Museum. I have a story telling all about the stop in the upcoming issue of Senior News & Times. Chester, Illinois The cartoonist, Elzie…

[20th-century-railroading]

SP Thru Galesburg

Back in the early 1990s no trip to Galesburg would be complete without getting a SP train on BN Trackage rights (and later on next door Santa Fe too). July 6 of 1994 finds SP 8529 coming thru town on a stacker headed to Chicago with a West Quincy, MO crew. Randy Williams photo

[clancarruthers]

MARY E CARRUTHERS - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

MARY E CARRUTHERS – CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

Mary E. Carruthers, 41, of Galesburg, died on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago.   Mary E. Carruthers, 41, of Galesburg, died on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. She was born to Thomas and Glenda (Akers) Carruthers on November 24, 1980, in Galesburg. Mary graduated from Galesburg High School in 1999. She…

[kaboomthepossum]

I had to leave my friend alone for about 5 minutes just to go do something and she said “hey I’m gonna be lonely” so I handed her my phone and some headphones and just put weekend in western Illinois on - in the same way you’d give a 2 year old an iPad with a sensory video on it

[todaysdocument]

Men from Galesburg, Illinois drafted during World War I, on August 1, 1918. 

Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs

Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs

File Unit: Colored Troops

Image description: 21 Black men posing for a photo. Most are wearing suits; some are holding hats. The photo is captioned “Galesburg Ill Sammies / Aug 1 ‘18 / #2”.