Graceland Cemetery Chicago

On My Walk at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago — Honouring Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks The morning after catching a Cubs game at the “friendly confines” of Wrigley Field, I found myself walking through nearby Graceland Cemetery. There, beneath the shade of old Chicago trees, I discovered the grave of the greatest Cub of all time — […]

On My Walk at Graceland Cemetery – The “Galveston Giant”, Jack Johnson On my recent walk through Graceland Cemetery in the great city of Chicago, I discovered the grave of one of the most important and trailblazing figures in sports history — Jack Johnson, the “Galveston Giant”, and the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of […]

On a recent walk through Graceland Cemetery in north Chicago, just a stone’s throw from the iconic Wrigley Field, I came across two mausoleums that immediately caught my attention with their distinctiveness and artistry. The Getty Family Mausoleum, designed by the celebrated architect Louis Henry Sullivan in 1890, and the Ryerson Mausoleum, completed in 1887, […]