Memorial Stadium Colonnade
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The two colonnades are walkable halls on the east and west sides of Memorial Stadium, each side with 100 columns dedicated to the 182 men and 1 woman who lost their lives in WWI.
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Memorial Stadium
In February 1919, a special committee was appointed by the University War Committee to “undertake a preliminary consideration of a permanent memorial at the University of Illinois” to commemorate the…