City of the Sun ; Cahokia Mounds

City of the Sun

Join us as Justin Smock, Conservation Education Representative at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, discusses the ancient City of Cahokia, a site located in present-day Illinois which was inhabited by Native Americans from about 700 to 1400. An ancient metropolis, it was an artistic, cultural power center during the Mississippian period, and its inhabitants created the largest earthworks in North America. Who built the mounds? How did Monks Mound get its name? What was played in the Grand Plaza? Learn this and more through a presentation that takes audiences on a journey through time. This program is free and open to the public. You can attend this program in-person at the library or request the Zoom link.

To Register for the ZOOM link click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vduqsqT4pGN0i67p4TO8z2hsX3_P2IerT

Justin Smock is the current Conservation Education Representative at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. He is a graduate from the University of Illinois at Springfield, with a Master of Arts in History. Justin has worked at Cahokia Mounds in various positions from intern to seasonal interpreter, to working for the Museum Society and is proud to be back once again telling the history of this United States National Historic Landmark.