From the City Club of Chicago: Alderman Ed Burke delivers an address on the coming 200th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Dearborn. The fort was located in what is now downtown Chicago. In August, 1812, the fort was attacked by Indians, resulting in its soldiers and their families being slaughtered
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