Memorial Day began as a national celebration as “Decoration Day,” in 1868, with May 30 designated as the date. People decorated the graves of fallen Civil War soldiers. A century later, it became “Memorial Day,” and it had expanded to honor...
This photo from our 2017 calendar, taken September 13, 1917, shows 20,000 citizens at the train station at LaSalle and New York Sreet giving a rousing sendoff to 367 members of the Aurora-based National Guard, Third Illinois Infantry. They later became members of the...
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