863 S. Des Plaines Ave., Forest Park, Illinois, Waldheim Cemetery (now Forest Home): Originally founded by German Masonic Lodges in 1873, Waldheim contains "Dissenters' Row," 24 graves of labor heroes including Lucy Parsons, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Emma Goldman and William Z. Foster. The centerpiece is the monument at the graves of the Haymarket Eight, who were convicted for their part in the 1886 Haymarket Riot, four of whom were hanged on "Black Friday," November 11, 1887.
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