The purpose of this blog is to bring together various sources pertaining to Freeport's history. In doing so we hope to make it easier to learn more about this wonderful Village. This blog is maintained by Regina Feeney, a librarian/archivist at the Freeport Memorial Library and Trustee of the Freeport Historical Society and Cynthia Krieg, President of the Freeport Historical Society, and Village Historian. Please email questions about Freeport history to: frreference@freeportlibrary.info
Frank Tucker and Richard Fenema at Freeport’s World War II Honor Roll
Courtesy of Frank Tucker
The Freeport World War II was constructed about 1941 and was located in front of the Library on Merrick Road. In 1954, when Merrick Road was widened, the honor roll was moved into a Quonset hut at the northeast watershed. It later disappeared.