SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 VOL. 7 ISSUE 40
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NEWS Library Budget Downers Grove Public Library approves proposed 2016 operating budget
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FORUM Special Voices Americans with Disabilities Act turns 25 this year, marking victory over see page 5 prejudice for people with physical, intellectual disabilities
FOOTBALL Tale Of 2 Halves Downers North rallies past Lockport in second half
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Archaeological Society member sheds light on former POW camps By Joan Rykal | FOR THE BUGLE uring World War II, more than 400,000 prisoners of war were kept in camps throughout the U.S., and many of those POWs were detained in the Chicago area. The Woodridge Public Library recently hosted a program featuring Chicago Archaeological Society member and Ph.D. candidate James Meierhoff, who shared the story of how German POW camps came to be located throughout Chicagoland and the role archaeologists play in preserving this history. sToRy conTinues on paGe 10
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James Meierhoff, a member of the Chicago Archaeological Society, shares the story of how World War II POW camps came to be located throughout the Chicago area.