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War is much easier to enter than to exit
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (782+ words) A detail of Sabin Howard's epic, 58-foot-wide "A Soldier's Journey," the centerpiece of the World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C. The early 20th century conflict reminds the United States, that went to war again on Saturday, that wars are far easier…...
A museum, a mayor and a road: How Lake Shore Drive became a runway
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1192+ words) Pilot Buck Hilbert flies a restored Swallow air mail plane over downtown Chicago in 1976. Seven years later, Hilbert would land this plane on Lake Shore Drive as part of a birthday celebration for the Museum of Science and Industry. Curious…...
Retirement doesn't mean veterans stop helping their comrades or their country
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (869+ words) Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Tom Kittler, at the Northbrook Veterans Center, home of American Legion George W. Benjamin Post 791, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10236. "We want to spread the word. It's veterans helping veterans," he said. "Veterans don't know about…...
A real-life treasure hunt unfolds on the North Side as collector drops coins, clues around Rogers Park
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (567+ words) Jon Martin holds a Classic Head Half Cent coin from 1832. He's scattering the coins around the neighborhood through the end of the year. A Rogers Park coin collector is gradually leaving a collection of rare, early American coins around the…...
Illinois Holocaust Museum's satellite location brings survivor stories to life through virtual reality experiences, interactive holograms
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (926+ words) A guest previews the "Stories of Survival: Object. Image. Memory." exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum's first downtown satellite site, called Experience360, at 360 N. State St. in River North. In the virtual reality film "Walk to Westerbork," Holocaust survivor Rodi Glass returns…...
Look up! The 2025 Chicago Air and Water Show is coming this weekend
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (268+ words) The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will return for the 2025 Chicago Air & Water Show. Reassure jittery pets that the apocalypse isn't coming, lather on the sunscreen, dust off the binoculars and head " along with an expected one million or so other people…...
Acknowledging the human toll of nuclear war
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (791+ words) A lantern ceremony, or Toro Nagashi, at Osaka Garden in Jackson Park was held in 2024 to acknowledge the atrocities of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. This week " Wednesday and Saturday " marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings…...
Former Illinois Black Panther Party HQ on Near West Side honored with plaque to preserve history
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (828+ words) Dozens gathered Saturday morning as the since-demolished Illinois Black Panther Party headquarters was honored with a plaque in the sidewalk where it once stood on the Near West Side. Billy Ch" Brooks, former deputy minister of education for the Illinois…...
Former Black Panther Party HQ honored with plaque
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (45+ words) Leila Wills, executive director of the Historical Preservation Society of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, former U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, Ald. Desmon Yancy (5th), Ald. Walter Burnett ... Why are we asking for donations? Former Black Panther Party HQ honored…...
30 years after death, '95 heat wave victim, WWII veteran buried with military honors
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (969+ words) Sgt. Alexander Schoner (right) and Sgt. Diego Noguez, who are with the Illinois Army National Guard, fold an American flag during a ceremony Thursday honoring World War II veteran Emilio Aguirre, who died in the 1995 heat wave in Chicago, at…...