ROCKFORD, Unwell. (WTVO) — Rockford’s Veterans Memorial Corridor honored Vietnam Battle veterans with a brand new exhibit, commemorating 50 years because the finish of the battle.
“We’ve three veterans that had been interviewed as a part of the Harlem Veterans Historical past Mission. We’re going to share a few of their tales,” mentioned Museum Director Scott Lewandowski. We’ve additionally created a everlasting exhibit in Memorial Corridor to honor the 69 veterans that had been killed from this county through the Vietnam battle.”
The exhibit allowed guests to dive into the historical past and life of every native veteran due to the work Inis Bloomster of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
“I volunteered, pondering it will be superb as a result of I labored on the library, and I knew that that they had yearbooks,” mentioned Bloomster. “I assumed I might examine the yearbooks. Properly, it grew to become much more than that.”
Scouring libraries and reaching out to the general public created a worthwhile, years-long endeavor.
“So I needed to go to Winnebago after which out of Stillman Valley, Durand and all of these locations,” Bloomster continued. Plenty of the boys give up faculty to enter the service. So, they didn’t have a senior image. It took me two years to search out them, however I did discover everyone.”
Because of Bloomster’s work, these 69 Winnebago County veterans killed in motion may be memorialized ceaselessly.
“We have to keep in mind these guys and the sacrifice that they made,” Bloomster defined. “I’m proud that I might do this, however I’m additionally grateful to them for doing that.”
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