Chicago Military Academy

Chicago Military Academy-Bronzeville is a public four-year military high school in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, in a building known as the Eighth Regiment Armory.

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Type: School
Description: high school in Chicago, Illinois
Also known as: “Chicago Military Academy-Bronzeville” and “Eigth Regiment Armory”
Address: 3519 South Giles Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eighth Regiment Armory and Sunset Cafe.

Eighth Regiment Armory

Memorial

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The Eighth Regiment Armory, located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District of Chicago, Illinois, was the first armory in the United States built for an African-American military regiment, known as the "Fighting 8th".

Sunset Cafe

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The Sunset Cafe, also known as The Grand Terrace Cafe or simply Grand Terrace, was a jazz club in Chicago, Illinois operating during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

Victory Monument

Memorial

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Erected in 1927, the Victory Monument is a bronze and granite sculptural monument, based on a concept by John A. Nyden and sculpted by Leonard Crunelle. Victory Monument is situated 520 feet east of Chicago Military Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Douglas and Bronzeville.

Douglas

Suburb

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Douglas is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the South Side of Chicago. The Douglas community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…

Bronzeville

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Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.

Oakland

Suburb

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Oakland is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the Oakland area was developed between 1872 and 1905.