History of the Rockford Verdi Club in Illinois
Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Carl Vanderpal
The Giuseppe Verdi Club of Rockford, IL has quite a bit of interesting historical background. 27 Italian-born Rockford men met above a North lst Street grocery store to form a social club for the purpose of continuing their friendship and companionship. The 27 men named the newly formed organization the Giuseppe Verdi society. They chose the four rooms above the grocery store at 758 North 1st Street as their clubrooms. The organization was officially founded on September 9, 1918 under the ti
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