Flossmoor Veterans' Wall of Honor

06/14/2026

06/13/2026

THANK YOU for your support this Women Veterans Recognition Day, which raised $460 for the Wall of Honor project as part of our "$19.48 Campaign." Onward!

06/12/2026

We'd love your support on Women Veterans Recognition Day! The site is marked, materials are ordered, and the Veterans' Wall of Honor will be beautiful when done later this year! Gratefully accepting your $19.48 donations: http://flossmoorvets.square.site

06/12/2026

Update: We've got 11 people who've generously donated $19.48 for Women Veterans' Recognition Day today! The day commemorates the anniversary of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on June 12, 1948, which officially allowed women to serve as permanent, regular members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

To support the cause today! https://flossmoorvets.square.site/product/women-veterans-recognition-day/IVM4MAVV3DNMVMLPBIXIU54K

06/10/2026

Thanks to our friend Lauren Traut at Homewood-Flossmoor Patch for her coverage of our June 12 "$19.48 CAMPAIGN" to honor Women Veterans Recognition Day this Friday. To support our efforts: https://flossmoorvets.square.site

FVM encourages community members to share the names of Flossmoor women veterans as they make their $19.48 donations.

06/10/2026

Women Veterans Recognition Day is this Friday, June 12--Please join us in the "$19.48 Campaign" as we seek 100 Flossmoorites (and Homewoodians) to contribute:

https://flossmoorvets.square.site

THANK YOU to the amazing women in our community who have served in the United States Armed Forces!

06/07/2026

Please join us! Kris is hoping to be interesting, but there will be cake just in case! 🍰.. Indianapolis 500 legend Emil Andres, who lived on Dixie Highway.. Days of Our Lives star Bill Hayes' connection to Flossmoor .. Dewey Defeats Truman and the Tribune editor from Flossmoor .. The mystery of the 1924 incorporation vote location--SOLVED!

Reminder! Join us Wednesday, June 10 at 7pm for Flossmoor Legend & Lore: Stories to Preserve for the Next Generation Presented by Dr. Kristine Condon.

Have you heard the story of the Indianapolis 500 driver who lived in Flossmoor? Or the soap opera star with roots in Flossmoor? Or Flossmoor’s connection to the famous Chicago Tribune “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline? Or where the vote to incorporate Flossmoor was held—and Homewood’s Gottschalk family’s ties to Flossmoor? Join Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial’s Kris Condon for a sneak peek at some tales from her new book, scheduled for publication later this year. We’ll celebrate Flossmoor’s 102nd birthday with some sweet treats as well. Copies of Kris’s first book, Fragments of Flossmoor, will be available for purchase, with all proceeds benefiting the Veterans’ Wall of Honor project.

Registration is not required!

06/06/2026

On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy began. Three known servicemen from Flossmoor are honored and remembered today for their heroism during that historic event--understanding that freedom is never free.
*Private James Vincent Mitchell, Army. He was held by the N***s for six months in a POW hospital--and was forced to walk to another hospital as the Allies closed in on the last weeks of Hitler's grip on Western Europe;
*Sergeant Scott Alan Rhind, Army: The son of Flossmoor Community Church Pastor John Gray Rhind, he was missing in action twice and reported KIA in France in August 1944; and
*Private John C. Woodrich, Army: He was killed at the Battle of St. Lo in July 1944.
A grateful community thanks you for your service.
(Photo of James Vincent Mitchell in the center island, July 4, 1946--Yesterday's Gentlemen Barber Shop is in the background. Thanks to the Foundation for the Preservation of Flossmoor History for sharing.)

06/04/2026

Thanks to our friend Lauren Traut at Homewood-Flossmoor Patch for her coverage of our commemorative bench sponsorships! They're going fast--only two left: https://flossmoorvets.square.site

06/03/2026

Thanks to our friend Jon Bannister of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle for recognizing FVM VP Dick Condon as he makes his 95th trip around the sun today! Michelle For Flossmoor and the Village Board issued a special resolution for a special fellow. More here:

The Village of Flossmoor honored longtime resident, historian and veteran Richard “Dick” Condon proclaiming June 3 as Richard W. Condon Day.