The Skokie Fire Department’s honor guard marched up an aisle between rows of spectators, their ceremonial axes glistening silver, to start Skokie’s Memorial Day ceremony Monday.
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Outside the entrance of the Fraternal Order of Police offices in the West Loop sits a large stone slab, at least 6 feet by 6 feet, that lists the names of Chicago police officers who died in the line of duty. On Friday, dozens of officers, members of police families, friends and elected officials gathered to dedicate a companion memorial believed to be among the first of its kind: one to .