The distinctive building at 6144 Dempster St. will be home away from home on the holiday for young sailors.
A core of Morton Grove American Legion veterans and businesses, aided by comrades and other companies from all over the northwest suburbs, will again craft a home away from home on Thanksgiving for 50 Navy recruits from the Great Lakes training base. Related: Show Us Your Heros for Veterans Day Celebrating its 5th Navy Day, American Legion Post No. 134 will serve a full holiday dinner, provide entertainment and link the sailors to home via phones and computers at legion headquarters, 6144 Dempster St. Most of the food and equipment is donated by an array of local businesses and individuals to cover costs. Thanksgiving Committee chairman Casey Bachara is in overdrive now coordinating a slew of moving parts to finalize the Thanksgiving …
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Family of Kyle Antonacci claims the 22-year-old was murdered at Naval Station Great Lakes in 2010.
In February 2010, Navy seaman Kyle Antonacci was found hanging by a belt in the closet of his room at Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois. His cause of death was ruled asphyxia by hanging but how he died is yet to be determined. Kyle was 22 years old and had recently been the witness in the rape trial of a friend and fellow seaman. His death has been under investigation by the Lake County Coroner’s Office and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) for the past 20 months. Positive their son did not commit suicide, Kyle’s parents, of Hicksville, N.Y., launched their own investigation into his death. The Antonaccis claim the details they’ve uncovered are both shocking and suspicious. Now, they believe their son’s hanging was …
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11:35 pm on Saturday, October 15, 2011
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Fifty naval recruits spent Thanksgiving at Morton Grove's American Legion Post 134, where veterans and volunteers supplied turkey and trimmings, entertainment and free calls around the world.
"Don't tell my mom, but this stuffing is amazing," said seaman recruit Brittany Williams from the Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill., at Thursday's fourth annual Thanksgiving party hosted at the American Legion Post 134 in Morton Grove. Williams, along with 49 other young Navy recruits, had no idea where they would be spending Thanksgiving when their commanders ordered them onto a school bus in the early morning. They didn't know they would have access to video games and television and be served giant helpings of apple pie and vanilla bean ice cream. But it was the table at the head of the Legion ballroom, adorned with six telephones, that had most of the recruits smiling throughout the day – the simple pleasures of teen life …
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11:56 pm on Thursday, November 24, 2011
Patrick, Thank you I will be sure to check out the Morton Grove YouTube channel. Be safe and thank you for your service. more ›