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With the Clarks now living in the apartment, word was passed along that there would be "fun" at the apartment. On July 11, 1951, at dusk, a crowd of 4,000 whites [1] attacked the apartment building that housed the Clark family and their possessions. 60 police officers were assigned to the scene to control the rioting.
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This article is a list of the emergency and first responder agencies that responded to the September 11 attacks against the United States, on September 11, 2001.These agencies responded during and after the attack and were part of the search-and-rescue, security, firefighting, clean-up, investigation, evacuation, support and traffic control on September 11.
Approximately 10,500 police were sent in, and by April 6, more than 6,700 Illinois National Guard troops had arrived in Chicago with 5,000 soldiers from the 1st Armored and 5th Infantry Divisions being ordered into the city by President Johnson. [6]
The building later was used by a division of the Illinois National Guard, and during World War I was incorporated into the US Infantry. After closing the armory in the early 1960s, it became the South Central Gymnasium. In 1999, following an extensive renovation, it was reopened as a public high school military academy. [3]
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Reorganized 11 November 1921 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as the 1st Field Artillery; Redesignated 13 September 1921 as the 122d Field Artillery and assigned to the 33d Division; Inducted into Federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago; Regiment broken up 12 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
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