Woodlawn Cemetery

Forest Park, Illinois

Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park is just south of Jewish Waldheim. Woodlawn is a modern cemetery, best known for "Showmen's Rest" and a 1918 train crash.

• Showmen's Rest (Part I)
• Showmen's Rest: (Part II)
• Woodlawn Sign

References:

• Austin, Beth: "The Day The Show Didn't Go On", Chicago Magazine May 1989
• Barnum, Art: "Statues mourn circus train tragedy", Chicago Tribune
• Keefe, William: "Circus train wreck still a grim memory", LifeTimes June 1992

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