News:
Now in the library; "Genealogy of the Cooke and Cook family". New under the Moments in Time section: my "I Love Me Wall". (purely self-indulgent, I know.)
Notes:
Also known as Stephen Douglas Monument Park. The site was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 28, 1977.
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Stephen Douglas Statue that tops his memorial. From the book "History of the Douglas Monument at Chicago" by Leonard W. Volk who was also the designer and sculptor of the monument. Published 1880.
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Stephen A Douglas Grave Site. Stephen was buried near Lake Michigan on a 16' x 16' piece of land. Initially it surrounded by a simple wooden fence. Before long the fence had names carved in it from visitors from every state of the union.
Stephen A Douglas Monument. The simple grave was soon replaced by a monument that took 20 years to complete. A 46 foot tall column of white marble is topped off with a 10 foot tall bronze statue of the man who in life was just over 5 feet tall.
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