Oak Woods Cemetery
Hyde Park Township, Italy
Oak Woods Cemetery is a large lawn cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located at 1035 E. 67th Street, it is in the Greater Grand Crossing area of Chicago's South Side. Established 173 years ago on February 12, 1853, it covers 183 acres (74 ha). Oak Woods is the final resting place of seve
ral famous Americans including Harold Washington, Jesse Jackson, Ida B. Wells, Jesse Owens, Cap Anson, and Enrico Fermi. It is also the setting for a Civil War mass grave and memorial for Confederate prisoners of war from Camp Douglas, called the Confederate Mound.
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