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Forest Home Cemetery is at 863 S. DesPlaines Ave,

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, adjacent to the

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, straddling the

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, just west of

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. The cemetery traces its history to two adjacent cemeteries, German Waldheim (1873) and Forest Home (1876), which merged in 1969. The cemetery is known for its ''

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'' and surrounding gravesites.

History

Forest Home Cemetery was the site of a

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village and burial ground until 1835.Forest Home Cemetery. n.d. "Points of Interest". Forest Park, IL. Ferdinand Haase, founder of

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, and other members of the Haase family are buried on what at one time also was a Haase family homestead. The cemetery was formally established and incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois in 1876. The German Waldheim Cemetery was organized by a group of German

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in 1873 with the first interment on May 9, 1873. The Waldheim Cemetery was established as a non-religion-specific cemetery, where Freemasons,

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, and German-speaking immigrants to Chicago could be buried without regard for religious affiliation. The two adjacent cemeteries merged on February 28, 1969, with the combined cemetery being called Forest Home (''Waldheim'' means "forest home" in German). Jewish Waldheim Cemetery, located across the street, is a separate cemetery and is not affiliated with Forest Home.

Haymarket Memorial

The "Haymarket martyrs", as the five defendants sentenced to death in the

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came to be called among their sympathizers, were buried at Waldheim because since its establishment, it had a policy of not discriminating on the basis of race, ethnicity, or politics. In addition, it was the only Chicago-area cemetery that would accept their remains. After their burial, the cemetery became a place of pilgrimage for anarchists, leftists, and union members. In 1893, the ''

'', designed by sculptor

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, was erected. In homage to the Haymarket martyrs, other anarchists and socialists later chose to be buried at Waldheim, well into the 20th century, including:

Other notable interments

The cemetery also includes the graves of: * Harry Aleman (mobster) * Billy Sunday (evangelist, prohibitionist, baseball player) *

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(modern dance pioneer) *

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, (radio announcer) *

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(serial killer) * Father, mother, and grandparents of author

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* Joseph Carter Corbin (educator and founder of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) and his wife, Mary Jane Corbin and sons, John Ward Corbin and William H. Corbin. The cemetery is also the final resting place for 45 victims of the 1903

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that killed over 600.

References

External links

Forest Home Cemetery
official website
Forest Home Cemetery
at Graveyards.com
Forest Home Cemetery Overview

Waldheim Cemetery Co.
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History

Haymarket Memorial

Other notable interments

See also

References

External links