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The Civil War and Chicago: Memorialization, Commemoration, and Remembrance at Rosehill Cemetery

The Beautiful

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Cover of 1908 Publication

 
In 1908, the Rosehill Cemetery Company published Rosehill, the Beautiful: A Memorial Park Whose Beauty and Natural Environment are Unequaled.  
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Our Heroes: Civil War Monument and Battery A Chicago Light Artillery Monument in 1908 Publication

The booklet provides a flowing narrative and full page photographs. 
 
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George H. Thomas Post #5 in 1908 Publication

Designed to emphasize the selling points of the cemetery, it is no surprise that the booklet’s illustrations feature the Civil War monuments and markers.