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Graceland Cemetery Tour
at Graceland Cemetery
Chicago, IL
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Jul 1 — Aug 26, 2012
Starts: 12:00 PM
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PRICE: $25.00Established in 1860, Graceland Cemetery is the final resting place for some of Chicago's most famous politicians, architects, business leaders, philanthropists and artists. This tour will acquaint you with some of the area's most storied citizens and take you on a dramatic ride back through history. As you stroll through the cemetery, you will see tombs of architectural or artistic interest including the Getty Tomb, the Martin Ryerson Mausoleum and the Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum, while visiting the gravesites of Marshall Field, Daniel Burnham, Carter Harrison, Potter and Bertha Honore Palmer, Cyrus McCormick, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Ruth Page and architect Louis Sullivan.


