UPDATE: For the latest news, read the article "War hero’s medal approved for loan to Duluth" by Brady Slater. The Star Tribune article “Minnesota Family Pleads with Foundation to Return a Fallen Uncle's Medal of Honor” by Jennifer Brooks shares the story of the battle to bring Major Henry A. Courtney, Jr.'s medal home. “For years, the Courtney family and the St. Louis County Historical Society have pleaded with the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge to return or briefly loan them the medal for the newly renovated museum’s Henry Courtney exhibit.” To learn more about the family's campaign read the Stars & Stripes article by Matthew M. Burke entitled "They Don’t Tell His Story". "Thus far,
March 21 is National Rosie the Riveter Day established by the American Rosie the Riveter Association founded in 1998. Their website is: https://rosietheriveter.net/. To help celebrate the contributions made by thousands of American women during World War II, and to mark Women’s History Month, the St. Louis County Historical Society is gathering oral histories from women who were ‘Rosies.’ If you have a story to share, please contact Pippi Mayfield, Veterans Memorial Hall Program Assistant, pippi@thehistorypeople.org.
