Today is Memorial Day. Yet none of the familiar ceremonies scheduled in or around our Village will take place today. Instead, most celebrations of this annual event have been cancelled due to “current events.”
So, we’d like to pass along what might have been read or observed at the Civil War Monument at the Barrington Center cemetery today since it seems so few take to stop by:
Miller’s Grove M. E. Church
Barrington Center
A recruiting station during the Civil War and the center of war time activities in the period of 1861 to 1865.
In commemoration of that event this memorial is erected and dedicated to the memory of those patriotic citizens of Barrington Township who served this nation in the preservation of the Union.
This memorial tablet erected by Barrington Post Number 158, The American Legion, through the aid of friends and the descendants of the above named Veterans.
Memorial Day – May 30, 1933
The names of 91 Veterans appear on the monument, some of which are recognizable for those familiar with Barrington Hills history. Click on the image above for better viewing.
Happy Memorial Day.
Thank you for sharing this
I think you meant it was the center of war activities from 1861 to 1865 and not 1961-65.
Thank you for pointing out our regretful error!