American Legion Post 964 celebrates the Army’s birthday
Lake Zurich American Legion Post 964 celebrated the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday with Medal of Honor recipient Allen Lynch, Major General James Mukoyama and State Sen. Darby Hill in attendance.
The post provided funds for a plaque bearing a resolution by the Illinois General Assembly honoring the career of Colonel Robert McCormick, who founded Cantigny.
During the ceremony, the post remembered Major Paul Syerson, who was killed in Iraq in 2003. Syverson was a member of the Fifth Special Forces Group.
The McCormick plaque will be placed on the grounds of Cantigny, the First Division memorial and museum in Wheaton, as a permanent memorial.
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