Wilsonville, Illinois - Monuments and Memorials

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Wilsonville, Illinois
Monuments and Memorials

Photographs furnished by : George Vincent

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During WW II Wilsonville's Population
Was Around 1200 People. Of Those
190 Were In The Armed Forces.
All Gave Some. But The Following
Gave All.

Scavardo Louis AAF Sawyer Albert B. USA Picco Dominic USA Peretti Charles USA Stankoven Dominic USA		Nadler, Raymond A. USMC Poole Paul E. USN Osterkamp Wilbur J. AAF Astrosky Peter C. RAF Calvert George L. USN

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - World War II Monument Dedication Ceremony July 25, 2009

			Honor Guard - Rifle Salute VFW Post # 4547 Invocation Father Paul Waters Welcome Address Wilsonville Mayor Donald Harvill, Sr. Dedication Speech Chaplain Col. Leslie J. Mitcos, Jr. "Star Spangled Banner" Andrea Grissom "Taps" was played by bugler

Spirit of Education
Memorial Plaza
Dedicated in 1990

This Bell hung in the first Public School built in Wilsonville, in 1920

This Plaza is dedicated to the Memory and spirit of the
Emigrant Coal Miners who settled the community and
recognized that the education of their children and
themselves was the means to achieve progress and prosperity

This bell donated by and in memory of
Louis "Skinny" Pellegrini

This Monument Is Dedicated
To The Men & Women Of Our
Community Who Honorably
Served Our Country

Flagpole Donated By

Illinois Power Co.
& Employees

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