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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25KW_milton-l-olive-iii-park-a-war-memorial_Chicago-IL.html
Medal of Honor-Recipient Posthumous, Milton L. Olive III Park, PFC U.S. Army Company B, 2b Battalion (Airborne) 503d Infantry, 173 Airborne Brigade, Vietnam, 1965. Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life ab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23AC_the-boulevard-system_Chicago-IL.html
Chicago's Boulevards are one of the city's most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and Lake …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM238N_logan-square-palmer-square_Chicago-IL.html
The section of the boulevard system north of Humboldt Park dates to the late 1870s, when the park first opened. As a result, this entire portion—present-day Kedzie and Logan boulevards and Logan and Palmer squares—originally was called…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM238M_the-chicago-public-library-cultural-center_Chicago-IL.html
This building was the first permanent structure of the city's public library system. Designed to be a grand civic building, its exterior appearance and its interior spaces are based on classical Greek and Italian Renaissance precedents. The librar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XR8_the-morton-building-hotel-blake-historical_Chicago-IL.html
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
By the United States
Department of The Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WU6_nicholaus-copernicus-historical_Chicago-IL.html
By reforming astronomy
he initiated modern science
Mikołai Kopernik
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Astronomer
1473-1543
Erected in 1973 by the Copernicus
Foundation and the Polish American
Congress to Commemorate the
500th Anniversary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WMY_john-a-logan-a-war-memorial_Chicago-IL.html
Born in Illinois February IX MDCCCMDXXVI [February 9, 1826]. Died in Washington Dec XXVI MDCCCLXXXVI [Dec. 26, 1886] while senator of the United States from Illinois .
Erected by the State of Illinois, in honor of General John A Logan
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VXY_george-pullman-historical_Chicago-IL.html
George Pullman established his reputation in Chicago in 1859 by inventing a way to raise buildings to the new street level required for installation of a sewer system.
In 1863, he began converting railroad passenger cars into luxury sleeping v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VXW_visionary-historical_Chicago-IL.html
Social Philosopher Jane Addams envisioned a peaceful world community based on cooperation, mutual understanding, and acceptance of differences. Pragmatist She advocated the participation of all citizens n the creation of a just and democratic soci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VWU_st-patricks-church-historical_Chicago-IL.html
This property has been
placed on the the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of Interior
St. Patrick's Churchconstructed during the period 1852 to 1856 St. Patrick's is the oldest church building in Chicago a…