Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
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 (1886). The monument's bronze sculptural elements are by artist Albert Weinert. On February 18, 1997, the monument was designated a National Historic Landmark.
Haymarket Martyrs' Monument in Forest Home Cemetery
Utah Phillips speaking in May 1986, during ceremonies commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Haymarket affair.
Rear of Haymarket Martyrs' Monument.
National Historic Landmark plaque, at site of the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument; added in 1997.
Forest Home Cemetery (Forest Park)
Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. DesPlaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, straddling the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago. The cemetery traces its history to two adjacent cemeteries, German Waldheim (1873) and Forest Home (1876), which merged in 1969.
Ceremony at the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois, in May 1986, in which singer Utah Philips and others commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Haymarket Affair
Emma Goldman's grave. Jo Davidson was the sculptor of the bronze bas relief image of Goldman. (The dates of birth and death on the stone are incorrect.)