Tour of Duty Bronzeville Walking Tour

PLEAES NOTE: This tour will depart from Griffin Funeral Home at 3232 S. King Dr., about a 10 minute walk from Carr Chapel Join Bernard Turner from the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area, Dean Rodkin, and Roy Malone from Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation as we tell the story of Black Military history from the Civil War to the present. The tour starts at the site of Camp Douglas, the former Griffin Funeral Home 3232 S. King Dr. at We will proceed to Victory Monument at 35th and King Dr. to learn about the heroic soldiers during WWI. We will then walk to the Eighth Regiment Armory, now Chicago Military Academy High School to see the artifacts and medals of the soldiers of the 370th Regiment and beyond who served in WWII and subsequent conflicts. The traveling Camp Douglas Exhibit will be on display at Chicago Military Academy High School.  _This program is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts_ The tour has a limited capacity and participation will be first come first served