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>>  THE LOFTY NAMES OF SOME

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NORTHERN SUBURBS SUGGEST HIGH

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ELEVATION SO WHERE ARE ALL THE

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MOUNTAINS?

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GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE TO TELL

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US HOW PLACES LIKE ARLINGTON

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HEIGHTS REALLY ARE IN TONIGHT

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EDITION OF ASK GEOFFREY.

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WE WILL START OUT WITH OUR

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FIRST QUESTION.

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IN THE'50S PEOPLE WOULD GATHER

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AT A PARK REFER TO AS BUGHOUSE

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SQUARE TO HEAR INFORMAL

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SPEECHES ON A VARIETY OF

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TOPICS.

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>>  IT IS STILL THERE IT IS

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AROUND 900 NORTH.

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NEWBERRY LIBRARY OVERLOOKS

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BUGHOUSE SQUARE.

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THE OFFICIAL NAME IS WASHINGTON

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SQUARE PARK.

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IT WAS KNOWN AS BUNKHOUSE

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SQUARE AS FOR THE SLANG FROM

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MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY THE

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PARKS REPUTATION AS A HOME FOR

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FANATICS BEGAN IN THE BEGAN IN

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TOPICS RAN THE GAMUT BUT

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VOICES HEARD ABOUT A LIVELY

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LOTS OF HECKLERS.

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ONE TRIBUTE ARTICLE DESCRIBED A

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SPEAKER BY THE NAME OF ONE

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ARMED CHARLIE WOULD BEGIN BY

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>>  IT WAS A WIDE OPEN FORUM

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BUT THE SPEAKERS WERE MOSTLY

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RADICALS?

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>>  SOCIALIST, ANARCHIST, LABOR

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DURING THE HEYDAY HIS FAMILY

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LABOR RADICAL LUCY PARSONS HER

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HUSBAND WAS ONE OF THE ONES

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IT WAS SO FORMATIVE THAT HE

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THE SPEECHIFYING DECLINE DURING

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THE RED SCARE OF THE 1950S WITH

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THE'60S GATHERINGS WERE A THING

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BRINGING BACK THE LIFE FOR ONE

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DAY EACH SUMMER SPEAKERS CLIMB

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UP ON SOAPBOXES AND GET 15

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EVERYTHING FROM GUN CONTROL TO

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IMMIGRATION.

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WAS A BOHEMIAN GATHERING PLACE

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THEREBY FOR REGULARS.

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>>  DO THEY ALSO YELL?

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I SCRATCH MY HEAD WHEN I THINK

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ABOUT THE NAME OF ARLINGTON

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HEIGHTS AND MOUNT PROSPECT

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WHICH HAVE

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NO ELEVATION.

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HOW DID THEY GET THEIR NAME?

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ASK NORTHERN ILLINOIS IS NOT

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KNOWN FOR ITS DRAMATIC

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NOT A LOT OF SKIING.

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AND IN PIONEER DAYS THE CHICAGO

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AREA WAS BETTER KNOWN AS SOGGY,

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FLOOD PRONE PRAIRIE.

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SO DEVELOPERS LOOKIN

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FOR BUYERS TO THESE NEW SUBURBS

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CHOSE NAMES THAT REASSURED

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FOLKS THEIR PROPERTY WAS HIGH

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THAT FOR THE MAJORITY OF BUYERS

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BACK IN THE 1880S WHEN

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INCORPORATED IN MOUNT PROSPECT

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RIDGE IS ANOTHER ONE.

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THE LOFTY SNOWCAPPED PARK

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RIDGE.

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WE ACTUALLY WONDERED WHETHER

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ADVERTISING HERE.

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SO WE CONSULTED CITY DATA.COM

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AND CHICAGO IS GENERALLY ABOUT

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600 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

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PROSPECT IS A WHOPPING 665 FEET

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ILLINOIS THIS COULD BE MARKETED

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AS HEIGHTS OR A MONTH.

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HIGHEST ELEVATION IT IS WAY UP

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COUNTY AT A WHOPPING 830 FEET.

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GOTTEN ALTITUDE SICKNESS.

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BESIDE THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT

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ON KING DRIVE IN THE NAME OF

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PERSHING ROAD WHAT OTHER

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TRIBUTE TO WORLD WAR I CAN BE

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FOUND IN CHICAGO?

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WHEN WE FIRST GOT THIS QUESTION

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I COULD ONLY THINK OF A FEW.

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THERE ARE QUITE A FEW WORLD WAR

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I MONUMENTS AROUND CHICAGO

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INCLUDING TWO MAJOR BILLINGS.

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MUNICIPAL PEER WAS RENAMED NAVY

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AND THE OTHER ONE IS SOLDIER

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FIELD WHEN IT OPENED IN 1924

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WAS KNOWN AS MUNICIPAL GRANT

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PARK STADIUM QUITE A MOUTHFUL

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BUT WITHIN A YEAR IT WAS

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RENAMED SOLDIER FIELD IN HONOR

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OF WORLD WAR ONE SOLDIERS.

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NOT QUITE AS PROMINENT IS THIS,

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THE ELKS NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN

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LAKEVIEW.

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THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN WAS THE

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RESULT OF COMPETITION TO CREATE

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A MEMORIAL HONORING MEMBERS OF

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THE ORDER OF ELKS WHO DIED

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DURING THE GREAT WAR.

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>>  THOSE ARE PRETTY BIG

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OTHER SMALLER THINGS SCATTERED

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AROUND CHICAGO?

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>>  THERE ARE A NUMBER SMALLER

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TRIBUTES.

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THE VIEW MENTIONS THE MONUMENT

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ON KING DRIVE.

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SHE'S REFERRING TO THE VICTORY

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MONUMENT HONORING THE EIGHTH

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REGIMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN

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SOLDIERS SERVED IN FRANCE

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DURING WORLD WAR I. IN EDISON

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PARK GRANTED MEMORIAL HONORED

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CITIZENS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

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IMPLEMENT ANOTHER GRANITE

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MONUMENT STANCE IN TRIBUTE TO

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THE DOUGHBOYS WHO LOST THEIR

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LIVES WAS ORIGINALLY HAD A

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BRONZE ANGLE IT WAS STOLEN AND

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HAS SINCE THEN REPLACED WITH A

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GRANITE PYRAMID.

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GARFIELD PARK A MARBLE PYLON

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WITH A BRONZE FLAME.

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NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE PROBABLY

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ARE NAMED IN HONOR OF THE

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ARMI

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ES 42ND INFANTRY DIVISION

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KNOWN AS THE RAINBOW DIVISION.

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THIS GRANITE ARCH STANCE IN THE

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PARK TO HONOR THE RAINBOW

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DIVISION FOR THEIR HEROISM.

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THERE IS THIS LOGAN SCARE, GOT

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A CONCRETE BASE WITH A BRONZE

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PLAQUE INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES

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OF 50 PEOPLE MADE THE ULTIMATE

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SACRIFICE AND WORLD WAR I. I

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KNOW OUR VIEWERS ASKED ONLY

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ABOUT THE CITY THERE ARE MANY

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OTHER IN THE SUBURBS AND ONES

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THAT ARE NO LONGER STANDING

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LIKE CANNONS AND TANKS WHICH

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WERE MELTED DOWN FOR WORLD WAR

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II.

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WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE NEWBERRY

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LIBRARY HAS A SERIOUS OF

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EXHIBITS STARTING THIS MONTH

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THROUGH JANUARY EXPLORING

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CHICAGO'S EXPERIENCE DURING THE

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GREAT WAR.

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>>  THANK YOU.

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YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR

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MORE PERMISSION ON THESE AND