Fleur-de-Lis Celebration

Each year BGHS honors an outstanding volunteer in preserving local and French Canadian history. Mark your calendar!  Plan to join us for an evening of food, wine and history on Tuesday, October 17,  2023 at the Kankakee Country Club. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. The Fleur-de-Lis Award is presented at 6:30 p.m. Dinner and entertainment follow. 

Proceeds from this event help raise funds for the restoration and preservation of the Bourbonnais log schoolhouse. You may visit the schoolhouse prior to dinner from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

 If you cannot attend please consider donating to the Log Schoolhouse Preservation Fund. 

Past Fleur-de-Lis Award of Excellence recipients:

• 2022 - Dr. James Paul
• 2021 - Carl Moran
• 2019 - Ken Ponton
• 2018 - Norma Meier
• 2017 - Vic Johnson

 5:30-6:30 pm. Pick up name place cards with table number. Enjoy social time with hors d’œuvres, cash bar, or complimentary wine on the tables. 

6:30 pm. 

• Welcome, Dr. Jim Paul, President Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society; 
• Presentation of the annual Fleur-de-Lis Award of Excellence 

6:45 pm. Blessing, French-Canadian dinner cuisine, Reserve Perrin Côtes-du-Rhône wine, non-alcoholic drink, and French dessert

7:45 pm. Entertainment:  Noel Levasseur returns to explain all things Log Schoolhouse

8:15-9:00 pm. Concluding remarks: