BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20181018T200000Z DTEND:20181018T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Our Lady of the Angels School Fire presented by Jim Gibbons - Walworth County Historical Society DESCRIPTION:Historian Jim Gibbons offers a presentation on the 1958 tragedy in which 92 children and three nuns perished in the fire at Our Lady of the Angels school in Chicago. Inspired by reading the book\, "To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of A Fire\," Jim learned that the Queen of Heaven cemetery in Hillside\, Illinois had 25 graves where children of the fire were interned. His parents were interned there as well and he went to the memorial to pay his respects. At that point it was the 50th Anniversary of the fire. He began researching the fire in depth and got into contact with some of the survivors.\n\nuring his presentation\, Gibbons will also discuss the life and death of Margaret ("Peggy") Anne Sansonetti who was killed by smoke inhalation in the fire at age 10. Susan Parker\, former staff member of the Marengo-Union Library District\, said Gibbons' presentations are riveting. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Historian Jim Gibbons offers a presentation on the 1958 tragedy in which 92 children and three nuns perished in the fire at Our Lady of the Angels school in Chicago. Inspired by reading the book\, "\;To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of A Fire\,&rdquo\; Jim learned that the Queen of Heaven cemetery in Hillside\, Illinois had 25 graves where children of the fire were interned. His parents were interned there as well and he went to the memorial to pay his respects. At that point it was the 50th Anniversary of the fire. He began researching the fire in depth and got into contact with some of the survivors.
\nuring his presentation\, Gibbons will also discuss the life and death of Margaret (&ldquo\;Peggy&rdquo\;) Anne Sansonetti who was killed by smoke inhalation in the fire at age 10. Susan Parker\, former staff member of the Marengo-Union Library District\, said Gibbons&rsquo\; presentations are riveting. LOCATION:Walworth County Historical Society\, Webster House\, 103 E Rockwell St. Elkhorn UID:e.2059.9441 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260422T002605Z URL:https://business.elkhornchamber.com/events/details/our-lady-of-the-angels-school-fire-presented-by-jim-gibbons-walworth-county-historical-society-9441 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR