The Grundy County Veterans Legacy Center & Museum's mission is Tell, Honor, Educate. Tell your story. Honor someone else's story. Educate those what it means to serve.
We publish our stories here as a series of entries. You may find more in depth information for some of the entries within the other Legacy Center web pages.
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Inteviews of veterans telling their stories. Many times the interview is taped for a class project. Others are part of the State of Illinois and the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. Whichever way and for whatever reason, we are glad the storys are recorded for others to hear. Interviews
Scanned copies of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, journals, letters, and photos.
Link will take you to photo albums of veterans. Many photos from various times, combat and non-combat. This is what the veteran took pictures of while in the service or service related.
The Coal City Library has a section on their website dedicated towards WWII veterans from the Coal City area. There you will find links to interviews and description of WWII personalities.
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Korean & Vietnam War Memorial Courthouse Steps Morris, IL
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