Rep. Sabath served long as determined progressive
Adolph Sabath served in the U.S. Congress an astonishing 45 years and 247 days. At the time of his death, he was the “Dean of the U.S.…
On May Day, here are Haymarket’s 8 martyrs
May Day is celebrated throughout the world as International Workers’ Day. The date, May 1, was chosen to honor Chicago’s most famous labor activists, the Haymarket Martyrs,…
Haymarket at 100
From Forest Park Review May 7, 1986: Marking the 100th anniversary of the Haymarket affair were several hundred people at…
A look back in time
The Minute Men and their firing range Thirty-five sportsmen and sportswomen of Forest Park were present on Thursday, April 11,…
The complicated and powerful Lucy Parsons
Lucy Parsons is undoubtedly one of the most controversial people buried in Forest Park. While some might only know her as one of the Haymarket Martyrs’…
Samuel Meisenberg, 18, died at war, caught in immigration debate
In Jewish Waldheim, on the west side of the Des Plaines, stands a towering obelisk commemorating a marine who died…
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