ACES@Illinois | Fall 2018

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Gone... But Not Forgotten 4-H Memorial Camp serves as a living tribute to military heroes By Judy Mae Bingman

With the world at war, 1944 saw the beginnings of a centralIllinois memorial to servicemen and servicewomen who lost their lives in World War II—a memorial lived out each year by hundreds of youth at summer 4-H camp. Thanks to Robert Allerton and countless additional donors, World War II heroes are not forgotten there.

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