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Oak Woods Cemetery

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Oak Woods Cemetery Main Building Chapel
Oak Woods Cemetery Main Building Chapel

Oak Woods Cemetery is a large lawn cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 1035 E. 67th Street, in the Greater Grand Crossing area of Chicago's South Side. Established 171 years ago on February 12, 1853, it covers 183 acres (74 ha).Oak Woods is the final resting place of several famous Americans including Harold Washington, Ida B. Wells, Jesse Owens, and Enrico Fermi. It is also the setting for a mass grave and memorial for Confederate prisoners of war from Camp Douglas, called the Confederate Mound.

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Oak Woods Cemetery
East 67th Street, Chicago

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Amos Blakemore (Junior Wells)

East 67th Street
60619 Chicago
Illinois, United States
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