Tuesday, February 04, 2025

Learn about the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, which is known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party, on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. during History at Home at the Fond du Lac Public Library. 

Sarah Elliott, program director of the Little White Schoolhouse museum, will discuss the history of the building itself, the issue of slavery as it was in the mid-1800s, and how the Republican Party was born out of that issue and out of a meeting held at the schoolhouse. 

The Little White Schoolhouse is a nonprofit, nonpartisan history museum, celebrating the site where Ripon citizens from all different political parties came together to meet and discuss what they could do about slavery threatening to take over the nation. The museum emphasizes the value of civic participation as demonstrated by the men and women who attended the meeting.

Join History at Home in person on Feb. 13 or watch from home via the library’s Facebook page at facebook.com/FDLPL. No registration required to view the program.