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Veteran Lawyers Association (VLA)

Stop One

Dean Henry Wigmore's Distinguished Service Medal Certificate, surrounded by other photographs and memorabilia.

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Stop Two

Stone memorial of the 9 fallen soldiers of WWI with ties to NLaw  Metal memorial of the 14 fallen soldiers of WWII with ties to NLaw

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This handmade chart on chipboard likely hung in the halls of the Law School during World War I as a means for students to keep track of their professors and classmates who were serving in the war. Several such boards were made in the first half of the 20th century to mark those who had made the honor roll, and it seems fitting that those serving in the war would merit the honor of their own board.

Stop Three

Metal plaque in Superior Street entry way of NLaw, which reads, "This building is named in honor of Col. Robert R. McCormick. 1880-1955. Laywer, Soldier, Editor of the Chicago Tribune"

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Newspaper clipping that reads, "Whereas, the said franklin a. denison was a military hero and a political leader who possessed the highest degree of courage and a type of honesty that is seldom found: and"

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Stop Four

Bronze bust of Justice John Paul Stevens on a grey marble plinth, frames in curved gravel and green bushes, against the backdrop of the Levy Mayer Arcade

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