Pierce Downer, the founder of Downers Grove, is not buried in the Main Street Cemetery. He and his wife Lucy Ann (Wilson) are buried in the family plot located on the original Downer homestead....
Submitted by: Hasley Cemetery
James A. Garfield and the Civil War His oratorical powers made him a master recruiter. His willingness to learn earned him important field commands. His talents for organization won him praise,...
Commemoration of massacre of Black residents "that occurred on Election Day 1920. Until that episode, historians say, black people comprised about half of the city’s population. Trouble boiled...