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The Italian American Veterans Museum has banded together with four other veterans museums from across the Chicago area to create a game-changing venture in Addison.
The Chicagoland Veterans Campus will be located at 39 Army Trail Boulevard in a stately 100-year-old former school building owned by St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Participating in the creation of the campus are the Chicagoland Combined Veterans Museum & Library (CCVML), Camp Grant Historical Society Museum, Hellenic American Veterans Memorial & Museum, Italian American Veterans Museum (IAVM) and 10th Mountain Division Museum.
Spearheading the project is CCVML President Lorenzo Fiorentino, a retired Army Major and First Vice President of the IAVM.
“Our goal is to create a full-service destination for veterans and those who support them in the Chicago area,” Fiorentino says. “When it’s completed, it will be the most comprehensive center serving and honoring our veterans in the Midwest.”
The three-story building boasts eight open, well-lighted classrooms that will be converted into museum spaces and rotating exhibits. The campus will also include a full-time Veterans Resource Center and Service Officer, and the only military library in the Chicago area. The library will double as a meeting and presentation space, with full AV capability.
The building is located in Addison’s historic district, a stone’s throw from the village hall and adjacent to a landscaped park containing a Veterans memorial.
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Nice work by all the Veteran organizations and Lorenzo Firoentino on uniting and building something that will serve the Chicagoland Veterans’ community!!!