Just today the St. Louis County Historical Society announced that application deadline has been extended to Monday, November 4, 2019

The scholarship is for students living in St. Louis County or enrolled in a higher education program in St. Louis County. This is a $1500 scholarship and does have some rules for applying to it, you can contact the society at their offices for more details or go to the website.

Application forms are available on the St. Louis County Historical Society’s website.  Even though the deadline has changed the scholarship will still be awarded at the Veterans Remembrance Dinner on November 15, 2019. See the Veterans Memorial Hall website or Facebook page for more information.

Just as before scholarship applicants are required to submit a 3 to 10-page double-spaced research paper on a topic relevant to veterans of St. Louis County, Minnesota. A minimum of one resource from the Albert J. Amatuzio Research Center must be referenced.

Information about the namesake provided by the St. Louis Historical Society

Mike Colalillo was the last living Medal of Honor recipient in St. Louis County. Mr. Colalillo received the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II.When Mr. Colalillo was sixteeen, his mother died. His father had four children still at home. Mr. Colalillo, who attended Denfeld High School, left school to work at the Grand Bakery on 57th Avenue West to help out. His father was not happy with this decision, but Mr. Colalillo insisted. He was a baker's helper, assisting wherever he was needed at the bakery. He was still working there two years later when the Draft Board contacted him. Many of his friends had already been drafted.

After the war, Mr. Colalillo returned to Duluth.

A brief biography of Mike Colalillo can be viewed online here. Veterans’ Memorial Hall is currently displaying Mike Colalillo’s uniform and a display copy of his Medal of Honor, as donated to the Society by the Colalillo family. Entrance to the museum is free to the public, during regular Depot hours.

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