Veterans Memorial Museum in Rockford, Winnebago County, United States | Memorial

Welcome to Veterans Memorial Museum in Rockford, Illinois, United States.
Veterans Memorial Hall is a living memorial to Veterans from all wars. It will serve as a constant reminder to the sacrifices given by brave men and women from Winnebago County, and a way for generations to remember and learn about their lives.
Veterans Memorial Museum in Rockford, Illinois, the first of it's kind in the United States dedicated to our veterans of all wars, was completed in the year 1903 with dedication ceremonies on June third of that year by our twenty - sixth president Theodore Roosevelt with these words:
"No more fitting memorial could be erected to the men who fought, than a hall such as this..... a hall beautiful because of the uses to which it is consecrated"
Leah Nelson joined the staff at Veterans Memorial Hall as Curator. She holds a B.S. in Management Studies from Rockford College and was previously the Executive Director of the Erlander Home Museum here in Rockford, Illinois.