The Itasca Historical Society Annual Tea will be held on Sunday, February 21, in the Iris room at the Itasca Park District Building.  Doors will open at 1:15 p.m.  Refreshments will be served at 1:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 2 p.m.  Leslie Goddard will present a first-person costumed portrayal of Bertha Palmer.  Chicago socialite, wife of Potter Palmer and pace setting arts patron, Bertha Palmer is best remembered for her Impressionist art collection.  Mrs. Palmer’s story is fascinating.  After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Mrs. Palmer helped recoup her husband’s fortune and also served as hostess to the world at the World’s Columbian Expoistion of 1893.  Intelligent and witty, the intriguing Mrs. Palmer still compels attention.

Tickets are available at the park district and library for $14.  For more information, please call Mrs. Dolan at (630) 773-1671, or Mrs. Smith at (630) 773-9646.