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The Pioneers , also known as Pioneers , is a bronze sculpture in Central Park in Elmwood, Illinois. The sculpture is one of several works by Lorado Taft in Elmwood, his birthplace. Taft was a prominent Chicago -based sculptor with a national reputation for his monuments and fountains, including works designed for the 1893 Columbian Exposition.
Fratto is the nephew of Louis Fratto, an associate of Al Capone and reputed Des Moines, Iowa mob boss from 1930 until 1967. Fratto was reportedly made in 1988. Possibly in the same ceremony as Salvatore "Solly D" DeLaurentis and John "Pudgy" Matassa. He lives in Darien, Illinois.
She also lived in Belmont Cragin, [21] in 2016, and Elmwood Park, Illinois. [22] As Naysha Lopez, Rodriguez hosts a popular weekly viewing party for RuPaul’s Drag Race, live-streamed from Chicago gay bar Roscoe's Tavern on YouTube. Along with co-hosts Kara Mel and Batty Davis, the event features anywhere from 2-4 guests, usually other queens ...
Elmwood Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 24,521 at the 2020 census. The population was 24,521 at the 2020 census. The community has long maintained a large Italian-American population, with a more recent influx of Polish-American and Hispanic residents.
Showmen's Rest. Coordinates: 41°51′2.1″N 87°49′10.0″W. One of the five elephants surrounding Showmen's Rest. Showmen's Rest in Forest Park, Illinois, is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery mostly for circus performers owned by the Showmen's League of America. [1][2] The first performers and show workers that were buried there are ...
The Wind in the Willows (band) The Wind in the Willows was an American psych folk band, best known for being the first band of Blondie co-founder, Debbie Harry. [1][2] The group took its name from British writer Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, a classic of children's literature. [3]
The first Italian to come to what would become Chicago was Enrico (Henri) Tonti, who was from Gaeta in Lazio region of central Italy. He was a soldier in service of the French. In the Fall of 1680, Tonti was in the la Salle Expedition and 2nd in command of the company. He and Father Membré, passed through the Chicago portage from the Illinois ...
The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit institution honoring exceptional U.S. athletes of Italian descent. In 1977 George Randazzo created the Italian American Boxing Hall of Fame. This was as a means for raising money for local Catholic youth programs. After a successful year and dinner honoring 23 former ...