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Students To Interview Clinton In Oct. 11 Park Ridge Appearance


U.S. presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned to her hometown of Park Ridge for a fundraiser in 2016 at the Pickwick Theater. Prior to the afternoon event, Clinton sat down for a TV interview at the Park Ridge Public Library across the street. Hundreds of onlookers lined Prospect Avenue hoping for a glimpse of Clinton, who waved to the crowd before she entered the theater. Protesters were also on site. (Journal file photo)

Hillary Rodham Clinton is planning a special visit to her home own on Friday morning, Oct. 11, to meet at the Pickwick Theatre with students from local middle schools and high schools. It’s being organized by the Park Ridge Historical Society.

Clinton, former First Lady, U.S. senator from New York and U.S. Secretary of State, made her last official visit to the Pickwick and Park Ridge during her 2016 campaign for president.

She has missed being here for most of the honors bestowed upon her here, so this is a special treat. She and her friends grew up attending films at the theatre.

This time, she’ll introduce “Dare to Dream,” a documentary that talks about her experiences growing up.

She will be interviewed by student journalists from Maine East and Maine South high schools. Select students from both schools and Emerson and Lincoln middle schools will be invited and Girl Scouts from Field School will provide a color guard.

Remaining seats are reserved for historical society guests.

It’s a preview to help launch the Park Ridge Historical Society’s upcoming 2020 exhibit, “Trailblazing Women of Park Ridge” which will feature Clinton, Mother Cabrini, Kalo founder Clara Barck Welles, and social reformer Hannah Solomon. The Solomon Cottage was the first building at the former Youth Campus, and is now the home of the Park Ridge History Center, 724 N. Prospect, in Prospect Park.

The documentary is based on interviews conducted by the historical society in 2016 and 2017, assisted by Maine South and Maine East student volunteers, for an oral history project, “Growing Up With Hillary.”

Clinton is a graduate of Field School, whose library was named in her honor, and the original Emerson Junior High in 1960. She is in the halls of fame at both Maine East, where she attended three years, and Maine South, where she graduated in 1965.

The Park Ridge Heritage Committee dedicated the last of its historic milestones around the Camp Fire Girls’ Fountain in her honor in 2018.

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