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The Chicago Maritime Museum is a maritime society and museum dedicated to the study and memorialization of Chicago's maritime traditions. [1] The museum's webpage asserts that Lake Michigan and the Chicago River were key factors in Chicago's growth toward status as a world-class city, and pays tribute to Congress for granting lake frontage in 1818 to the infant state of Illinois. [2]
In July 2004, the Chicago Museum moved to a new location at 801 S. Adams Street in Chicago’s Greektown In 2009 the museum re-branded itself the National Hellenic Museum, with a new logo incorporating the Greek key design, and created a new mission statement: "Connecting generations through Greek history, culture, and art." In 2011 the museum ...
Greek mythology explains our desire to find love this way: Humans originally had four arms and legs and a head with two faces. Fearing them, Zeus split them in two, and people spend their lives ...
Their wedding was widely reported by the press in the United States, and their marriage day was declared a holiday in Illinois. [2] The wedding was attended by the American photographer Nina Berman who took a series of shots, one of which won first prize among portraits on World Press Photo. [4] A year after the wedding, Ziegel and Kline divorced.
The Henry B. and Caroline Clarke/Bishop Louis Henry and Margaret Ford House or Clarke-Ford House is a Greek Revival style home, now serving as a house museum in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Built around 1836, it is considered the oldest existing house built in Chicago.
Well here's one way to get out of your own wedding - although we wouldn't recommend it. Alex Lancaster and Tucker Blandford were set to be married on August 15th of this year, but something tragic ...
Chicago Design Museum: Chicago: Cook: Chicago area: Design: Independently owned and operated: Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot Museum: Elizabeth: Jo Daviess: Northern Illinois: Railroad: Operated by the Elizabeth Historical Society, includes N-scale, HO-scale, and G-scale model railroad layouts: Chicago History Museum: Chicago: Cook ...
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