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Chicago's honorary brown street signs, days, and commemorative honors; the who, what, where, when and why. Honorary Chicago guide book, maps, biographies, history, trivia, tours, and gifts.
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Patrolman Joseph Ferguson was shot while making an arrest in the last days of 1968.
Ward: 12
Alderman: Cardenas
Neighborhood: McKinley Park
d. December 27, 1968. Age 26. Chicago
Albert Bitton grew up in West Rogers Park. After high school he joined the Army as a medic with ambitions for a medical career. He was so suited to the role that his patients called him "Doc." He was deployed to Iraq in 2007; unfortunately he died during a raid in the following year. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart posthumously.
Approved 2009
Ward:
Alderman: Stone
Neighborhood: West Rogers Park
July 13, 1087 - February 19, 2008. Age 20.
School:
Ida Crown Jewish Academy
Army Medic
1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
Blair Holt was a 16-year old high-school student who died while shielding a classmate from gunfire in 2007
Read MoreIn 2016 Mother Teresa of Calcutta became Saint Teresa when sainted by the Pope at the Vatican.
Saint 'Mother' Teresa Way is an Honorary Chicago street with signs along Devon Avenue and at the corner of Devon and California.
Daniel Capuano was a fireman who died in the line of duty.
Read MoreToday at 6pm there will be a dedication of an honorary street in 36th Ward of Alderman Nicholas Sposato, at the corner of West Palmer Street and North Nordica Avenue.
Police officers Gregory Hauser (age 43) & Raymond Killroy (age 47) of the Grand-Central Chicago Police District died in the line of duty on May 13, 1990 when called to the scene of a domestic dispute on Nordica Ave.