UI Memorial Stadium name is sacred and shouldn't be changed | Letter

Jim and Gwynne French of Freeport invite residents from across Illinois to join them in preserving a World War I memorial.
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State lawmaker calls for restoration of Memorial Stadium name

The columns of what is now Gies Memorial Stadium bear the names of 189 University of Illinois students and alumni who died in World War I. Reick Reick The columns of what is now Gies Memorial Stadium ...
Grand Island Independent

Memorial Stadium was built with Nebraska players and horse plows — through rain and a tornado

LINCOLN — It was an historic day Oct. 13, 1923, when 15,000 football fans gathered on Nebraska's campus — and not just because the school's Scarlet and Cream gridmen donned blue jerseys for their ...
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My Turn | UI trustees can do better than renaming stadium

University of Illinois Board of Trustees unanimously voted to rename Memorial Stadium the “Gies Memorial Stadium” upon the ...
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20 years later: St. Louis says goodbye to Busch Memorial Stadium

ST. LOUIS – Monday marks 20 years since St. Louis bid farewell to Busch Memorial Stadium. Specifically, the final day of demolition to make way for the St. Louis Cardinals’ current home, Busch Stadium ...