Illinois ceremony cites four past awardees
‘It’s never too late to honor a hero’ A diverse group of family, friends, and strangers gathered in a quiet corner of Bunker Hill Cemetery on a hot day in …
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Officer John Smith,
2019 Awardee
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Medal awarded posthumously bought at auction by collector
Ivah J. Coles of East St. Louis, Ill., gave his life for a friend on June 8, 1904, within two months of the Hero Fund’s founding in April. He was …