What is Oak Woods Cemetery?
[[File:Oak Woods Cemetery Main Building Chapel.JPG|right|220px]] '''Oak Woods Cemetery''' is a large Victorian era cemetery in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. It is located at 1035 E. 67th Street, in the [[Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago|Greater Grand Crossing]] area of Chicago's [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]]. It was established {{Years or months ago|1853}} on February 12, 1853. It covers {{convert|183|acres}}.<ref>{{cite web| title=History| url=http://www.dignitymemorial.com/oak-woods-cemetery/en-us/history.page| publisher=Oak Woods Cemetery| access-date=28 December 2014| archive-date=14 March 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314225008/http://www.dignitymemorial.com/oak-woods-cemetery/en-us/history.page| url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Roland Burris]], the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] appointed by Illinois governor [[Rod Blagojevich]], constructed a family [[tomb]] at {{Coord|41.77122|N|87.60215|W|region:US-IL_type:landmark_dim:5|name=Roland Burris tomb}} in the Oak Woods Cemetery, in preparation for his and his wife's eventual interment. The tomb received considerable publicity (generally negative) after Burris' appointment by the since-convicted governor.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Patrick |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1208/Roland_Burriss_Monument_to_Me.html |title=Roland Burris's Monument to Me |work=[[Politico]] |date=2008-12-30 |access-date=2012-08-03}}</ref> Many famous Chicagoans are buried here such as: [[Harold Washington]], [[Ida B. Wells]], [[Enrico Fermi]], [[Frank Bacon (actor)|Frank Bacon]], [[Gary Becker]], [[Otis Clay]], [[Mircea Eliade]], [[Monroe Heath]], [[Leopold and Loeb|Richard Loeb]], [[Jesse Owens]], [[Eugene Sawyer]], [[Pops Staples]], [[William Hale Thompson]], [[Junior Wells]], and [[James Hutchinson Woodworth]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.oakwoodscemetery.net/dm20/en_US/locations/62/6248/index.page Official Oakwoods Cemetery corporate website] * [http://graveyards.com/IL/Cook/oakwoods/ Graveyards.com: