Source: Rockford Register Star, Aug. 15, 2021.
Veterans Memorial Hall
Gauze masks for Camp Grant, 1918
Source: Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, September 30, 1918
William Brown Building, 226-228 South Main Street
Source: 1902 Rockford Illinois, Press of Horner Printing Company, Rockford, Illinois, p. 89 and Rockford Register Star, April 22, 2001, p. 31.
The building was completed in 1892 and named after Judge William Brown. First tenant was the People’s Bank of Rockford. It still houses the Amcore Bank. The Grand Army of the Republic found its home in the Brown Building also.
Its Romanesque Revival architectural style is considered very significant and helped to place it on the National Register of Historic Places on Aug. 10, 2000.
Grand Army of the Republic, 5 posts
Source: Rockford Morning Star 8/18/1988
California Guitar Trio – 2017, Memorial Hall
Source: The Rock River Times, Feb. 22, 2017
Dead Guy Festival – 2017, sponsored by Haunted Rockford
Source: Rockford Register Star, GO Section, Feb. 3, 2017
“Armistice-A Memorial to Peace” Dedication – Veterans Memorial Hall
Women’s Relief Corps
Monday, 2:30 p.m. Memorial Hall, business meeting and election of officers
Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., chicken pot pie dinner, Memorial hall
Source: Rockford Morning Star 12/4/1932
“The Odor of the Site” – 1901
Source: Rockford Daily Republic August 3, 1901
WWII Army Air Forces Stokstad, Gordon R.
airplane mechanic, Army Air Corps, during WWII, died 12/17/2010
Source: Rockford Register Star 12/19/2010