Veterans Memorial Hall to hold Remembrance Dinner

by Dave Anderson, Veterans Memorial Hall board member Veterans Memorial Hall at the Depot in Duluth was originally a meeting place for the Civil War veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic. Now it is an organization that honors and remembers all veterans in the Arrowhead of Minnesota. Wisconsin vets are welcome there, too. VMH holds a Remembrance Dinner every December as a fundraiser for its programs. This year’s keynote speaker will be past president of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society, Steve Daniel of Duluth. He’ll be talking about local ship building efforts in our region during World War II. “The Inland Waterways of Duluth were located on Park Point and they produced wooden sub chasers. Globe Shipyards in Superior produced patrol frigates and tugboats,” said Steve Daniel in a recent interview. Tickets to the dinner are $65 and it will be catered by Valentini’s, which is an old Northland tradition with roots going back to 1930’s Chisholm.

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