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German Waldheim Cemetery
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Image:HayMarket100a.jpg thumb|200px|Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago in May 1986 during ceremonies commemorating the 100th anniversary of the [[Haymarket Riot]]
'''German Waldheim Cemetery''', also known as '''Waldheim Cemetery''', was a cemetery in
Forest Park, Illinois Forest Park, a suburb of
Chicago, Illinois Chicago in
Cook County, Illinois Cook County,
Illinois. It was originally founded in
1873 as a non-religious cemetery, where
Freemasonry Freemasons,
Roma, and other German-speaking immigrants to Chicago could be buried without regard for religious affiliation. In
1969, it merged with the adjacent '''Forest Home Cemetery''', with the combined cemetery being called Forest Home.
Because it was unassociated with any religious institution, it was chosen as burial place of the
Haymarket Riot Haymarket Martyrs. After they were buried there, the cemetery became a place of pilgrimage for anarchists and other leftists. In homage to the Haymarket Martyrs, many other anarchists and socialists are buried at Waldheim, including
Voltairine de Cleyre,
Emma Goldman,
Ben Reitman,
Lucy Parsons,
William Z. Foster, and
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Because of its role as a pilgrimage site for the American left, the Haymarket memorial there was the first cemetery memorial to be designated a
National Historic Landmark.
The English part of the cemetery--that is, Forest Home--includes the grave of
Billy Sunday.
External links
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Forest Home Cemetery
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Category:Cemeteries in Illinois
