Mystery Plaque

Mystery Plaque

We received this mystery bronze item in the mail, with no name attached to it. I haven’t had a chance to check out the 5th Avenue bridge in Maywood to see if the plaque referred to in the note that came with it is still there, but I thought I’d share it...
Thank you VFW Post 2485

Thank you VFW Post 2485

Statement by MBDO President Col. Richard A. McMahon, Jr. on the occasion of the 2014 Bataan Day Observance at Camp O’Donnell in the Philippines: Commander John Gilbert, Sr. Vice Commander Carl Burke, on behalf of the Maywood (IL) Bataan Day Organization and the...
“A Day On Not A Day Off”

“A Day On Not A Day Off”

Karen Yarbrough, Cook County Recorder of Deeds and the CCRD staff are going to be at the Jesse Brown VA Center distributing care packages and helping the Jesse Brown VA Center kick-off their new veterans’ food pantry on Veterans Day. They invite you to join them...
No Money For Wives At Home?

No Money For Wives At Home?

Letter to Editor Details Trials of a POW Wife While going through many issues of the Maywood Herald I ran across this “Letter to the Editor” from early January, 1942. The letter writer describes the dire situation the wife of Lt. Slicer, who, at the time,...