Woman helps change Illinois state law to help repair damaged veteran headstones – CBS2 (Chicago)

screenshot-2025-05-24-165029.jpg State law required permission from a family member to repair or replace a damaged headstone, but tracking down relatives for the aging headstones was difficult. With the help of state lawmakers, Staci Boyer, commander of the Judd Kendall VFW Post in Naperville, helped change Illinois law to give veterans' organizations the authority to repair headstones that are at least 100 years old.

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