Waldheim Cemetery
Waldheim Cemetery is a cemetery in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois. Waldheim Cemetery is situated nearby to Forest Home Cemetery, as well as near the memorial Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forest Home Cemetery and Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument.
Forest Home Cemetery
Cemetery
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Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, United States. Located adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, it straddles the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago.
Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument
Memorial
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The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, 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. Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument is situated 560 feet east of Waldheim Cemetery.
Forest Park station
Metro station
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Forest Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the village of Forest Park, Illinois and serving the Blue Line. Before the Congress Line was built, it served as terminal for the Garfield Line. Forest Park station is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Waldheim Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest Park and Maywood.
Forest Park
Village
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Forest Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue.
Maywood
Town
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Maywood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 census.
Hines
Neighborhood
Hines is an unincorporated community in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located in Proviso Township next to the villages of Broadview, Maywood, Forest Park, and North Riverside.
Waldheim Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Jewish Waldheim Cemetery”
- Category: burial
- Location: Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.87031° or 41° 52′ 13″ northLongitude
-87.82173° or 87° 49′ 18″ westElevation
627 feet (191 metres)Open location code
86HJV5CH+48GeoNames ID
4915332
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