Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Ironwood mayor Kim Corcoran welcomes the large crowd gathered at the city's Memorial Building Friday evening. They celebrated the 100th anniversary of the building's dedication and re-created a photo taken from that celebration on Aug. 27, 1923.
By LARRY HOLCOMBE
IRONWOOD - Ironwood marked the 100th anniversary of its Memorial Building Friday evening with the taking of a photo - a mass photo of everyone who came to a brief program held in front of the grand structure on the corner of McLeod Avenue and Marquette Street.
The idea was to re-create a photo taken on Aug. 27, 1923, at the dedication of the building. That photo coincided with a state convention of the American Legion.
Ironwood Mayor Kim Corcoran spoke from the front steps of the building on Friday, telling some of the history of how the building...
