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The Chicago Park District Board voted Wednesday to initiate the process to rename Stephen A. Douglas Park on the West ... disputes over a controversial statue have turned violent in recent days.
The process to rename three Chicago parks kicked ... out a historical figure. The Douglas Park news followed protests at the since-removed Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park and comes ...
CHICAGO (CBS/AP) --Douglas Park ... process to rename the park for Frederick Douglass this summer, days after demonstrators tried to bring down the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park ...
The architect board took no action on a prominent Douglas statue ... grave in Chicago lies beneath a 96-foot granite monument, has fallen out of favor elsewhere. The Chicago Park District in ...
CHICAGO (CBS) --Eight months after a group of protesters tried to tear down the statue of Christopher Columbus in Grant Park, and clashed with police officers guarding the monument, the Chicago ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Christopher Columbus statues in Grant Park and Little Italy were removed Friday morning. The Grant Park statue started to come down at around 3:15 a.m. After that, it didn't take ...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) ordered a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus removed from the city’s Grant Park in the early hours of Friday morning after tense clashes between ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Italian-Americans across Chicago came together Sunday to "pack the park" as part of Italian Unity Day. The group met in Arrigo Park, which is one of the sites where the city ...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and city officials are putting George Washington and dozens of other historical American figures under review due to claims of racism. The Democrat’s goal to expose ...
Chicago removed a Christopher Columbus statue from the city's lakefront Grant Park before dawn Friday, a week after protesters tried to topple it. Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office said the city ...
Shasta." The statue has been placed at the top of Douglas Butte. According to officials with the ski park, the sculpture symbolizes a deep connection to the area's beauty and tranquility ...
The architect board took no action on a prominent Douglas statue ... grave in Chicago lies beneath a 96-foot granite monument, has fallen out of favor elsewhere. The Chicago Park District in ...