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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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‘Mural of Heroes,’ version 3, honors 3 fallen Chicago firefighters

A new mural by artist Damon Lamar Reed in a park at Diversey, Kimball and Milwaukee avenues honors three Chicago firefighters killed in a fire nearby that was set by an arsonist in 1985. (Katie Anthony / Sun-Times)
For decades, the “Mural of Heroes,” commemorating three Chicago firefighters killed in a 1985 arson fire, has been a fixture in the park at Diversey, Kimball and Milwaukee avenues on the border of Logan Square and Avondale.

But, battered by Chicago’s unforgiving weather, the version that had been up for more than 20 years was taken down last fall and put into storage.

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