THE MONUMENT WAS BUILT TO HONOR THE EIGHT REGIMENT OF THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD, AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN UNIT THAT SERVED IN FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR I. ON THE MONUMENTS TOP IS A DOUGHBOY SCULPTURE AND ON ITS SHAFT ARE THREE BRONZE RELIEF PANELS, ONE A CLASS ...

SOLDIER FIELD WAS DEDICATED TO OUR WORLD WAR I DEAD ON ARMISTICE DAY 1925.

THE STRUCTURE WAS PLANNED BY THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS WHO WISHED TO HONOR MEMBERS OF THEIR ORDER WHO HAD SERVED IN WORLD WAR I. THE BUILDING WAS REDEDICATED TO HONOR VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM WAR AND ALL SUBSEQUENT C ...

DEFENSE OF FORT DEARBORN STOOD ALMOST ON THIS SPOT. AFTER A HEROIC DEFENSE IN 1812, THE GARRISON TOGETHER WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN WAS FORCED TO EVACUATE THE FORT. LED BY CAPTAIN WELLS THEY WERE BRUTALLY MASSACRED BY THE INDIANS. THEY WILL BE CHERISHED AS ...