Comment on What’s under Evanston? Calvary Cemetery: History and Prejudice after Death by Anita Gewurz

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While writing about current events in Evanston, they wrote this series about past or unnoticed Evanston. Consecrated on Nov. 2, 1859, the cemetery was for a time one of the prominent burial grounds for the Chicago area. Little Bob Figg.”Jane ByrneOther notable political figures are buried at Calvary, including Jane Margaret Byrne, Chicago’s 50th mayor. The lawns have served the Evanston community as an all-Black cemetery in the past. Cemeteries like Calvary and Sunset Memorial Lawns hold more than just graves; they hold the legacies of people who shaped Evanston and Chicago.