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Fort Sheridan National Cemetery

Cemetery

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Fort Sheridan National Cemetery was established in 1889 on the grounds of Fort Sheridan, a United States Army installation that had been established two years earlier, in 1887, in Lake County, Illinois and remained an active U.S. Army installation until 1993.

Fort Sheridan station

Railway station

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Fort Sheridan station is one of two stations on Metra's Union Pacific North Line located in the Fort Sheridan neighborhood in Highwood, Illinois. The station is officially located at 461 West Old Elm Road, and is 25.7 miles away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line. Fort Sheridan station is situated 2,700 feet south of Fort Sheridan Cemetery.

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Fort Sheridan

Hamlet

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Fort Sheridan is a residential neighborhood within the cities of Lake Forest, Highwood, and Highland Park in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It was originally established as Fort Sheridan, an Army post named after Civil War cavalry general Philip Sheridan, to honor his services to Chicago.

Highwood

Village

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Highwood is a North Shore suburb of Chicago in Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,074. Highwood is situated 2 miles south of Fort Sheridan Cemetery.

Lake Forest

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Lake Forest is an idyllic suburb in the North Shore region of Illinois. An integral part of Chicago's ritzy North Shore suburban area, Lake Forest is true to its name and reputation.

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