Author: Lorenzo Fiorentino

Museum hosts moving WWII documentary

September 26, 2024

The Italian American Veterans Museum hosted a very special screening of “The Lost Mountaineers” on Aug. 27. Producers/Directors Antonella Previdi and Ben Appleby came all the way from Italy to do a private screening of this incredible film. The one-hour documentary tracked efforts to recover the equipment and remains of 25 soldiers who perished when their amphibious vehicle sank during […]

New Veterans Museum opens in River Grove

November 20, 2020

November 8, 2020, was a very special day in River Grove, Illinois. With the sun shining down on an unseasonably warm afternoon, the American Legion Post 335 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5979 dedicated the Chicagoland Combined Veterans Museum, Library and Honor Roll. What an amazing way to honor our Veterans. In 2019, I became the Commander of […]