100-year-old monument gets more prominent home at ElginRecreation's Wing Park in ElginIL.
Until recently, a rock memorializing the history of Wing Park in Elgin was in a spot that was hard to find. Thoren said he has a special affection for the park Wednesday evening as he helped unveil the monument in its new, more prominent home closer to the entrance and exit of the park.
The park opened a year later, and the golf course followed about five years after that. When it opened, Elgin became the smallest city in the country with a public golf course. The park is home to the Wing Park Aquatic Center, a band shell, basketball, tennis and sand volleyball courts, a large playground and a Little League complex. There are also two rentable shelters.
Thoren said he drove by the monument many times, wondering why it was in such an obscure location before a friend urged him to move it to a more prominent place.
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