<span fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(89, 82, 70); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-left; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(89, 82, 70);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;text-align:-webkit-left;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">The Glidden barn has remained solid throughout its years of usage for livestock, horses, barbed wire manufacture, and storage. It provides us with a priceless link to our past and evokes images of our agricultural roots and the pioneer spirit upon which our communities are based today. The Glidden Homestead is fundraising to make the barn safe and usable for exhibits, programming space, and storage possibilities. Please consider making a donation to support this ongoing project. <span fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(89, 82, 70); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-left; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(89, 82, 70);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;text-align:-webkit-left;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">CURRENT PROJECTS <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:&quot;YAFdJjTk5UU 0&quot;, _fb_, auto;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">The Homestead is fundraising to install/reinforce <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">support posts<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">, <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">remove concrete flooring<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">, and <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">install wood plank flooring<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">. This will make the barn usable. This project has a price tag of approximately $14,000.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:&quot;YAFdJjTk5UU 0&quot;, _fb_, auto;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:&quot;YAFdJjTk5UU 0&quot;, _fb_, auto;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">We are fundraising for <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">window restoration<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit"> (the barn has 14 windows and 7 horse stall “nose” windows!) To historically restore these windows will cost $2,000 each.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:&quot;YAFdJjTk5UU 0&quot;, _fb_, auto;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:&quot;YAFdJjTk5UU 0&quot;, _fb_, auto;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">Please contact 815-756-7904 or email jessi@gliddenhomestead.org to learn more about the ongoing barn restoration. We are grateful for your support. HISTORY<span fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(89, 82, 70); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-left; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(89, 82, 70);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;text-align:-webkit-left;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">The Glidden red-brick barn quietly nestled on the Homestead site behind bustling business properties is one of the most historically significant barns in the country. It is the site where Joseph Glidden invented and initially manufactured the first practical barbed wire that became known as “The Winner.”  Glidden's first barbed wire manufacturing office was located in the southeast corner of the barn. <span fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(89, 82, 70); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-left; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(89, 82, 70);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;text-align:-webkit-left;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">The Glidden barn is also significant as one of the oldest barns left standing in DeKalb County. It's architecture reflects the German tradition and is built of local bricks with transverse frame and post-and-beam construction. The foundation is made of locally quarried limestone. There were fourteen eight-paned double-hung windows and seven single-pane windows for luxurious livestock lodging. Originally, there were two large arched entrances, seven stalls, a large haymow, gable, hayhood, and a dirt or wooden plank floor. <p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:8px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none; font-family: Arial;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-kerning:none;font-family:Arial;box-sizing:inherit">Your gift is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The Joseph F. Glidden Homestead & Historical Center is filed with the Internal Revenue Service as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, EIN #36b040683.

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;-webkit-user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name, Thank you for your generous support of restoration of the Glidden brick barn. Your donation ensures that this building can be secured and protected so that it may be enjoyed by generations to come. Thank you for preserving this story of creativity and innovation!  If you have questions or would like to learn more, please reach out! Thank you again for your thoughtful support of this historic place. Jessi Haish LaRue jessi@gliddenhomestead.org 8157567904

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The Glidden barn has remained solid throughout its years of usage for livestock, horses, barbed wire manufacture, and storage. It provides us with a priceless link to our past and evokes images of our agricultural roots and the pioneer spirit upon which our communities are based today. The Glidden Homestead is fundraising to make the barn safe and usable for exhibits, programming space, and storage possibilities. Please consider making a donation to support this ongoing project. CURRENT PROJECTS <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4;max-width:100%">The Homestead is fundraising to install/reinforce support posts, remove concrete flooring, and install wood plank flooring. This will make the barn usable. This project has a price tag of approximately $14,000.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4;max-width:100%">We are fundraising for window restoration (the barn has 14 windows and 7 horse stall “nose” windows!) To historically restore these windows will cost $2,000 each.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;--cyV3ZQ:29.9995px;--gJPlXQ:1.4;max-width:100%">Please contact 815-756-7904 or email jessi@gliddenhomestead.org to learn more about the ongoing barn restoration. We are grateful for your support. HISTORYThe Glidden red-brick barn quietly nestled on the Homestead site behind bustling business properties is one of the most historically significant barns in the country. It is the site where Joseph Glidden invented and initially manufactured the first practical barbed wire that became known as “The Winner.”  Glidden's first barbed wire manufacturing office was located in the southeast corner of the barn. The Glidden barn is also significant as one of the oldest barns left standing in DeKalb County. It's architecture reflects the German tradition and is built of local bricks with transverse frame and post-and-beam construction. The foundation is made of locally quarried limestone. There were fourteen eight-paned double-hung windows and seven single-pane windows for luxurious livestock lodging. Originally, there were two large arched entrances, seven stalls, a large haymow, gable, hayhood, and a dirt or wooden plank floor. Your gift is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The Joseph F. Glidden Homestead &amp; Historical Center is filed with the Internal Revenue Service as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, EIN #36b040683.

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J.F. Glidden Homestead & Historical Center

### Context Profile for J.F. Glidden Homestead & Historical Center

1. **Organization Mission & Cause**:
   - The J.F. Glidden Homestead & Historical Center is dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of Joseph F. Glidden, the inventor of barbed wire, which played a crucial role in shaping the American West. The organization aims to educate the public about this significant historical figure and the impact of his invention on agriculture and land use in the United States. Their mission emphasizes community engagement and historical preservation, making history accessible and relevant to contemporary audiences.

2. **Type of Activities**:
   - **Fundraising Events**: The primary fundraising event is "Saturday Night at Glidden" (SNAG), which includes live music, guided tours, food, and raffle prizes. This event serves both as a celebration of history and a means to raise funds for the preservation of the homestead.
   - **Community Programs**: The organization offers guided tours of the historic site, educational programs, and special events that highlight the significance of the Glidden Homestead in American history.
   - **Volunteer Opportunities**: The organization likely engages volunteers for events and preservation efforts, although specific details on volunteer programs were not prominently featured on the website.

3. **Tone of Voice**:
   - The tone of the website and communications is **friendly**, **inviting**, and **informative**. It conveys enthusiasm for history and community involvement, aiming to create a warm atmosphere that encourages participation. The language is accessible, making it easy for a broad audience to connect with the organization's mission.

4. **Emoji Usage**:
   - The website and recent communications do not appear to utilize emojis. The tone remains professional and straightforward, focusing on clarity and engagement without the use of informal elements like emojis.

5. **Key Facts**:
   - **Founding Info**: The specific founding date is not mentioned on the website, but the organization is centered around the historical significance of Joseph F. Glidden.
   - **Scale**: The organization has a total of 14 forms and has conducted 13 email campaigns, indicating an active engagement strategy.
   - **Impact Metrics**: While specific metrics are not detailed, the success of events like SNAG suggests a strong community interest and support for preservation efforts.
   - **Volunteer Info**: Information on volunteer opportunities is not explicitly stated but is implied through community engagement activities.

6. **Writing Guidelines**:
   - **Style**: Use clear, engaging, and friendly language. Aim for a conversational tone that invites community participation.
   - **Content Structure**: Present information in a straightforward manner, using headings and bullet points for easy readability, especially when detailing events or programs.
   - **Call to Action**: Encourage participation and support through clear calls to action, such as purchasing tickets or volunteering.
   - **Historical Context**: When discussing events or programs, include relevant historical context to enhance engagement and appreciation for the organization's mission.

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