Bartos Memorial - Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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adgorn
N 41° 58.774 W 087° 43.509
16T E 439925 N 4647762
A figure of a soldier, dressed in uniform, holding binoculars at his side in his proper right hand.
Waymark Code: WMD3VM
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2011
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More from the Smithsonian database:
Inscription: (On boulder:) BARTOS/LIEUT. BOHUSLAV BARTOS (illegible)...1888...1918
Thank you for your service and sacrifice, young man.
This is one of the eight gravemarkers featuring soldier statues in Bohemian National listed in the Smithsonian sculpture database. I found an additional at least 8 similar graves not listed in the database, so I am curious why only these particular graves received the honor of being chosen.
More about the cemetery from their website: (
visit link)
"The Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago is a Fraternal not for profit cemetery founded in 1877 by Bohemian, Moravian and Slovak immigrants and their descendants to provide a dignified place for burials free of religious restraints. The cemetery is available to all religions, nationalities and races. The cemetery is located on the north side of Chicago. It is situated on 122 acres bounded by Pulaski Road on the West, Foster Avenue on the South, Bryn Mawr Avenue on the North and Central Park Avenue - Northeastern Illinois University - on the East."
There are numerous waymarks of artistic grave markers and monuments at Bohemian National. If you have a chance to take one of the tours offered, it is definitely worth it.