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The Scott–Vrooman House in Bloomington (1901). Mrs. Matthew T. Scott was a leader in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Her sister was Letitia Stevenson, wife of Vice President Adlai Stevenson and founder of the DAR. She managed her former husbands holdings after his death in 1891, including 12,000 acres of farm land, and took over his position as president at the McLean County Coal Company. She led a group to purchase Fort Massac Park near Metropolis to donate to the state of Illinois. After World War I, she adopted 4,000 French war orphans for $180,000 and installed a water works system in Tilloloy, France for $50,000. She was awarded the Médaille de la Reconnaissance française (French Medal of Recognition) by French Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand in Paris on behalf of the government. During the Spanish Flu of 1918, she turned her house into a hospital. Her son-in-law, Carl Vrooman, took over the house after Matthew's death in 1923. A renowed agricultural author, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson. He spearheaded the victory garden movement to encourage Americans to grow their own food to increase supply for the troops. Vrooman was decorated by the Polish government for supplying almost one million bushels of corn as a gift to farmers in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. |
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