The Great Chicago Fire
1871
1871 · about 300 dead, a third of the city destroyed
Site of the O'Leary barn, DeKoven Street, Chicago, Illinois
Memorial pages
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Edgar Allan Poe
1809–1849
Poet and inventor of the detective story
Westminster Hall Burying Ground, Baltimore, Maryland
Frederick Douglass
1818–1895
Orator, writer and abolitionist
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882–1945
32nd President of the United States
Rose garden, Springwood estate, Hyde Park, New York
Rosa Parks
1913–2005
Seamstress who refused to give up her seat
Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929–1968
Minister and leader of the civil rights movement
The King Center, Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia
Benjamin Franklin
1706–1790
Printer, scientist and diplomat
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson
1743–1826
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Monticello graveyard, Charlottesville, Virginia
George Washington
1732–1799
First President of the United States
Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, Virginia
Abraham Lincoln
1809–1865
16th President of the United States
Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois