Posts Tagged ‘Mussolini’
Chicago Disses Its Black Founder – Jean Baptiste »
Unless you have had a Chicago connection, there is a strong possibility that you have not heard the name Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. Way before the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, Millennium Park, Sears Tower (or whatever they call it these days), Du Sable was one of the first non-Indian settler, and one of the first [...]
Chicago honors a friend of Mussolini and Hitler »
At the 700th block east of Chicago is a street call Balbo Drive and Avenue. Balbo Drive is named after the Italian aviator and politician, Italo Balbo. Balbo was a Fascist who served under Benito Mussolini and a friend of the Nazis. Annoyingly visible at Balbo Drive is the Balbo's Monument - a gift from Mussolini to the City of Chicago. [...]
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