The annual “Remembering our Veterans” exhibit opens on Thursday at the Little White School Museum, 72 Polk St. in Oswego.
This is the 18th year the museum has hosted the exhibit honoring Oswego area veterans, according to a press release from the museum.
This year’s exhibit will again fill the historic building’s main Roger Matile Room, and will include hundreds of rarely-seen items drawn from the museum’s collections including vintage uniforms, war souvenirs and photographs, each with a direct connection to Oswego area residents who served in the military, from the Civil War through the modern conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
In addition, as in the past, this year’s exhibit features a “Wall of Honor” exhibit recognizing the service of more than 200 local military personnel, museum officials said.
The exhibit will officially open to the public on Thursday and will continue through Monday, Nov. 25. Public exhibit hours will be 2 to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 4 to 9 p.m. Mondays. The museum is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Admission to the museum and the exhibit is free, but donations are always gratefully accepted, museum officials said.
For more information, call the museum at 630-554-2999, send an email to info@littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org or go to the museum’s website at www.littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org.
Pancake breakfast fundraiser set
The Yorkville Sons of The American Legion will hold its monthly breakfast fundraiser from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the Yorkville American Legion, 9054 E. Veterans Parkway in Yorkville.
The buffet will consist of biscuits and gravy, pancakes, scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage, tomato juice, orange juice, milk and coffee, organizers said.
The cost for the breakfast, which is open to the public, is $12 for adults 18 to 54 years old, $10 for those 55 years old and older and $8 for those 6 to 17 years old. Children 5 years old and younger get in free.
DuPage County to hold veterans event
DuPage County will hold a Veterans Day ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, in the atrium of the JTK Administration Building, 421 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton.
The featured speaker will be Lt. Roger Gertz, a lieutenant with the DuPage County Security Division under the office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Gertz is a retired sergeant first class with the U.S. Army.
The master of ceremonies will be George Kouba, the secretary/treasurer for the DuPage Veterans Memorial. DuPage Honor Guard will post colors and offer a weapons salute.
Tunes of Glory Pipe Band will perform on bagpipes and Bugles Across America will play taps.
Those who attend are asked to park in the administration center’s south lot and enter through the main entrance, county officials said.
