Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois

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cemetery historic cemetery

Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois is a historic burial ground known for its strong ties to labor history and radical politics, including serving as the resting place of several prominent figures associated with the Haymarket affair.

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Surface form Occurrences
Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Haymarket affair ⓘ
associatedWithMovement anarchist movement ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
socialist movement ⓘ
contains Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument ⓘ
surface form: Haymarket Martyrs Monument
containsGraveOf Adolph Fischer ⓘ
Albert Parsons ⓘ
August Spies ⓘ
Emma Goldman ⓘ
George Engel ⓘ
Louis Lingg ⓘ
Lucy Parsons ⓘ
Michael Schwab ⓘ
Oscar Neebe ⓘ
Voltairine de Cleyre ⓘ
William Z. Foster ⓘ
other labor activists ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
establishedIn 19th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Forest Home Cemetery ⓘ
German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Waldheim Cemetery (historical name)
hasCoordinateRegion 41.86°N 87.82°W ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance site of annual labor and May Day commemorations ⓘ
symbol of free speech and workers’ rights ⓘ
hasFunction burial ground ⓘ
memorial site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark (Haymarket Martyrs Monument) ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Haymarket Martyrs Monument) ⓘ
hasNotableFeature graves of immigrants and working-class communities ⓘ
monuments to labor and radical figures ⓘ
hasPredecessor German Waldheim Cemetery ⓘ
hasReligiousPolicy non-sectarian cemetery ⓘ
hasSection radicals and labor activists section ⓘ
knownFor Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument ⓘ
surface form: Haymarket affair martyrs monument

association with labor history ⓘ
association with radical politics ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
Forest Park, Illinois ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
ownedBy private cemetery association ⓘ
visitedBy historians ⓘ
labor activists ⓘ
tourists ⓘ

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August Spies → burialPlace → Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois ⓘ
George Engel → burialPlace → Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois
Michael Schwab → burialPlace → Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois
Haymarket affair → hasMemorialLocation → Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois ⓘ