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This section of the 2023 ASOR Monuments in Place Tour of Chicago focuses on the John Alexander Logan Monument, and is narrated by Morag Kersel.

The John Alexander Logan monument was installed in 1897 to commemorate war hero and political figure, Illinois-born John Alexander Logan (1826–1886). After serving in the Mexican American War, Logan studied and practiced law, served several terms as a Democratic Illinois State Representative and then as a United States Congressman. Logan entered the Civil War as a colonel and quickly work his way up to the rank of general. Shortly after Logan’s death in 1886, the Illinois state legislature appropriated funds to create a memorial to him in Chicago. Renowned artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) sculpted the bronze figure of Logan, while Alexander Phimister Proctor (1862–1950) created the horse. The Logan Monument is among the city’s most recognizable sculptures as it sits above the hill-like tomb on Michigan Avenue.

Video by Matthew D. Howland.