Purchase Tickets Online Join Veterans Memorial Hall for the 21st Annual Remembrance Dinner and Silent Auction on Thursday, December 3, 2026, in the Great Hall at the St. Louis County Depot. This year’s keynote presentation, “Shipbuilding in the Twin Ports During World War II,” will be presented by Stephen B. Daniel. During World War II, shipyards throughout Duluth and Superior built military and support vessels for the war effort. Stephen Daniel will explore where these ships

Ely Young of Hermantown Awarded 2025 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship by the St. Louis County Historical Society The St. Louis County Historical Society is pleased to announce the winner of its 2025 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship. Mr. Young wrote his winning essay about his great aunt, Shirley Hedin (nee, Armstrong), who landed on the cover of LIFE Magazine in 1943 as part of the Women’s Land Army. Ely Young, a 2023 Hermantown High School graduate , is