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An electric light plant and industrial education building would later be added. As studies began to reveal the benefits of a home-like environment for orphans, the Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home adapted, building five cottages for girls in 1904. Eventually, the home would include 25 cottages along Girls' Row, Boys' Row and the Children's Village.
The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School opened in 1869 as a home for the orphaned children of soldiers who had died in war. The Children's Village was built in 1930-31 as housing for children aged 3–8, as the school aimed to divide its housing by age.
Billy Sunday was born near Ames, Iowa.His father, William Sunday, was the son of a German Americans named Sonntag, who had anglicized their name to "Sunday" when they settled in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.William Sunday was a bricklayer who worked his way to Iowa, where he married Mary Jane Corey, daughter of "Squire" Martin Corey, a local farmer, miller, blacksmith, and wheelwright. [2]
Before "A Hallowed Home for Heroes'" TV debut, the documentary will be shown in two in-person screenings, at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Oriental Theatre, 2230 N. Farwell Ave., and at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 ...
Annie Turner Wittenmyer (August 26, 1827 – February 2, 1900) was an American charitable organization leader, known for social reform, relief work, and her writing.She served as the first National President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), [1] seventh National President of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC), and also served as president of the Non-Partisan National Woman's ...
An old soldiers' home is a military veterans' retirement home, nursing home, or hospital, or sometimes an institution for the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers, sailors, and marines, etc.
Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers; Masonic Widows and Orphans Home; Memorial Foundation for Children; Mercy Home for Boys and Girls; Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children; Mooseheart, Illinois
An Illinois National Guard member died after suffering heat injuries during outdoor fitness activities at a military base in Mississippi, authorities say. The 38-year-old man was treated by a ...