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Douglas Memorial Park

Four bronze figures surround the central shaft of the monument: "History", "Justice", "Eloquence", and "Illinois". The inverted torches behind them symbolize mourning.

Next: the nearby World War I monument

References

• Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
• Chicago Tribune. Chicago Days, Contemporary Books: 1997
• Dedmon, Emmett. Fabulous Chicago, New York: Random House, 1953
• Time Life Books. The Time-Life History of the Civil War, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1995
• Levy, George. To Die in Chicago: Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas, 1862-1865 Evanston: Evanston Publishing, Inc, 1994
• Miller, Donald. City of the Century, New York: Touchstone, 1996
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: DOUGLAS, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

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