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VFW Remodeling Project Continues
A planned expansion of a local military museum is moving on as planned.

The Galesburg VFW Chapter recently announced the expansion of its Stockdale Military Museum, and Quartermaster Mike Lummis says about half of the $30,000 needed for the expansion has been raised, which he says he's pleased about.

Lummis tells the WGIL Morning News construction work is already being done at the VFW.

"We are doing the physical things," Lummis said. "Now, the members are taking over, and we're putting in new light fixtures, getting ready to paint, and doing a lot of the work that we planned on doing. We hope during the winter we can get a lot of work done inside on it."

The Stockdale Military Museum will be located across the hall from its current location, and Lummis says now that a wall's been taken out at that site, the museum will have about two-thirds more space, even though he expects it to fill up quickly.

The current museum location will be transformed, Lummis says, into a resource center.
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