Historical Society of Forest Park
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  • Get Involved
    • Facebook Group
    • Volunteer
    • Give us feedback
  • Membership
  • Donate
  • Calendar
  • Virtual Tours
  • News
  • Board
  • Look Back Blog
  • Our Neighbors, Oral Histories
    • Our Neighbors, Our Heroes >
      • Clifford Leber
      • Debra Funderwhite
      • Don Lines
      • Joseph Byrnes
      • Patricia Salazar Davis
      • Paul Roach
      • Raphael Davis
      • Mike Close
      • Mike Mohr
  • Living History
    • Living History: Covid-19
  • Online Exhibits
    • Altenheim
    • Ameritorp
    • Black History
    • Bloomer Girls
    • Cemeteries
    • Cemetery Symbolism
    • Forest Park Amusement Park
    • Haymarket
  • Additional Resources
    • Housing Research >
      • A Landlord's Guide to Researching Property History
      • Chicago House Research Guide
      • House Advisor
    • 16" Softball Hall of Fame
    • Bataan Project
    • Forest Home Cemetery
  • Land Acknowledgment
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Virtual Tours

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Forest Home Cemetery Virtual Tour sponsored by Frank Troost Monument Company. Join tour guide Amy Binns-Calvey as she explores the vast Forest Home Cemetery sharing the stories of people buried there and the unique gravestones throughout the cemetery. Drone footage by Geoff Binns-Calvey shows the cemetery from a whole new point of view!

Thank you to our sponsor the Peter Troost Monument Company. Originally in Forest Park, Peter Troost Monument Company has made many contributions to Forest Home Cemetery including the stone for the Haymarket Martyrs Monument and the new beautiful bench that sits across from the monument. Frank Troost as well as other Troost family members are buried in Forest Home. Watch the tour to learn about the vault innovation created by this company. 
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We suggest a $10 donation but a donation in any amount is welcomed. The tour is 66 minutes long.

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Take this Tour
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​The Historical Society of Forest Park welcomes you to join Amy Binns-Calvey on our Haymarket Martyrs Monument and Radical Row Tour, virtually! Learn the story of the Haymarket Affair, the monument and those who choose to be buried near this monument to the 8 hour day and those who died for it. Our in-person tour is offered for a requested donation of $10. We are offering our virtual tour for a donation of any amount you'd like. The tour is 45 minutes long.
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Ken Knack will virtually lead you through Forest Park's first cemetery, Concordia. Visiting many gravestones through out this vast cemetery, sharing the stories of the people buried there. We suggest a $10 donation but a donation in any amount is welcomed. The tour is approximately 45 minutes. 
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Take this Tour

Virtual Tours

Chicago Movie Tours Visits Forest Park

Virtual Walking Tour of Jewish Waldheim Cemetery

​Showmen's Rest and Onscreen Sideshow Acts

Thank you to Chicago Movie Tours for sharing your virtual tours with us
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