Forest Home Cemetery

Forest Home Cemetery is a located at 863 S. Des Plaines Ave, , United States. Located adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, it straddles the in , just west of .
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois
  • Also known as: “Old German Wailheim Cemetery”, “Waldheim Cemetery”, “Waldheim German Cemetery”, and “Waldheim Jewish Cemetery,”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument and Forest Park station.

Memorial
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The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in , a suburb of Chicago. Dedicated in 1893, it commemorates the defendants involved in labor unrest who were blamed, convicted, and executed for the still unsolved bombing during the Haymarket Affair. is situated 560 feet east of Forest Home Cemetery.

Metro station
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Forest Park is a station on the 's 'L' system, located in the village of and serving the Blue Line. Before the Congress Line was built, it served as terminal for the Garfield Line. is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Forest Home Cemetery.

School
is a selective enrollment high school in , United States that opened to 126 freshmen in 2005. is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Forest Home Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest Park and Maywood.

Village
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is a village in , United States, and a suburb of . The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The terminal on the Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue.

Town
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is a in , United States, in the . It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 census.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is located in Proviso Township next to the villages of , , , and .

Forest Home Cemetery

Latitude
41.87031° or 41° 52′ 13″ north
Longitude
-87.82173° or 87° 49′ 18″ west
Elevation
617 feet (188 metres)
Open location code
86HJV5CH+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 354150720
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­grave_yard
Geo­Names ID
4892766
Wiki­data ID
Q5551310
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Forest Home Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cementiri German Waldheim”
  • Chinese: “德意志瓦尔德海姆公墓”
  • Chinese: “森林之家公墓”
  • Czech: “Německý hřbitov ve Waldheim”
  • Danish: “Forest Home Cemetery”
  • Danish: “Waldheim Cemetery”
  • Danish: “Waldheim German Cemetery”
  • French: “cimetière germanique de Waldheim”
  • French: “Cimetière germanique de Waldheim”
  • German: “Forest Home Cemetery”
  • Hausa: “Kabari na Gida na Gida”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות וולדהיים”
  • Polish: “German Waldheim Cemetery”
  • Russian: “Форест-Хоум (кладбище, Форест-Парк)”
  • Russian: “Форест-Хоум”
  • Slovenian: “Forest Home Cemetery”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio German Waldheim”
  • Swedish: “German Waldheim Cemetery”
  • Welsh: “Mynwent Almaenig Waldheim”

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