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Article: LisleAEs Depot Days offers a look back in time.(Neighbor)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2009
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A great way to usher in the fall season is to take a step back in time and enjoy Lisle Depot Days.
It is a tribute to the Lisle Heritage Society members and countless volunteers through the years that the free annual event is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Numerous craftspeople come each year to the Museums at Lisle Station Park to share a variety of historic skills.
Bob Lawler, who hails from Bureau, Ill., began demonstrating the telegraph 16 years ago when he retired as a professional telegrapher on the railroad.
"Telegraph operators would pass instruction to train crews using Morse code," Lawler said. "Nowadays, train crews are ...