#Mount Carmel Illinois

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Greetings from southeastern Illinois!

The solar eclipse totality was so awesome. It was so dark - like after sunset, but without the orange tones. And Venus (I think) was visible, and the birds were a bit quiet, and it even felt a little chilly after a bit.

But it's a perfect day for it, mid-70s, not a cloud in the sky. Jim brought lawn chairs so we just sat out for like an hour, taking glances through the solar glasses while the sun went away. (which sounds so ominous, lol.) Anyway, my phone camera is not spectacular and I didn't have a solar lens for it, but I did get a colander shadow picture:

And playing with pro mode I was able to get a few pictures, at least!

Colors not entirely accurate, of course. Also right as totality started, we heard cheering from the festival a few blocks away, and as it finished someone was playing "Bad Moon Rising". ��

It was so awesome, really really cool. 💜🌞🌕🌙😎

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The Italian Bride of Chicago

Julia Buccola Petta (1892 – March 17, 1921) was a housewife who became known following her death as The Italian Bride. She was the daughter of Filomena Buccola and the wife of Matthew Petta. She died at the age of 29 in 1921 while giving birth to a stillborn son, Filippo.

Following her death, Petta was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Hillside. Petta was buried in her wedding dress. According to legend, soon after Petta's death, her mother Filomena began experiencing dreams in which Petta was telling her that she was still alive. 

Six years after Petta's death, Filomena secured permission to have the grave opened and her daughter exhumed. The coffin was found to have decomposed somewhat, but when it was opened Petta's body was still mostly intact, her son and the arm holding him had decayed. Her mother took a picture of Petta in her casket, which was placed on the monument and is still there to this day. 

Why Petta's body had not decayed much following burial has never been explained.

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The Italian Bride of Chicago

Julia Buccola Petta (1892 – March 17, 1921) was a housewife who became known following her death as The Italian Bride. She was the daughter of Filomena Buccola and the wife of Matthew Petta. She died at the age of 29 in 1921 while giving birth to a stillborn son, Filippo. Following her death, Petta was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Hillside. Petta was buried in her wedding dress. According to legend, soon after Petta's death, her mother Filomena began experiencing dreams in which Petta was telling her that she was still alive.  Six years after Petta's death, Filomena secured permission to have the grave opened and her daughter exhumed. The coffin was found to have decomposed somewhat, but when it was opened Petta's body was still mostly intact, her son and the arm holding him had decayed. Her mother took a picture of Petta in her casket, which was placed on the monument and is still there to this day.  Why Petta's body had not decayed much following burial has never been explained.

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Illinois

Chicago • 300 South Wacker • 360 Chicago  Observation Deck • Anderson Shumaker • Balboa Monument • Batcolumn • Big Monster Toys • Big Smile Dental • Billy Goat Tavern • Billy Goat Tavern (at The Mart) • Billy Goat Tavern (Navy ) • Billy Goat Tavern (near United Center) • Billy Goat Tavern (Ohare Airport- Concourse C) • Billy Goat Tavern (The Original) • Billy Goat Tavern (Wrigleyville) • Bob Newhart Statue • Bohemian National Cemetery • Busy Beaver Button Co • Chicago Architecture Center • Chicago Fed Money Museum • Cloud Gate • Creative Circle • Crown Fountain • Daley Plaza • Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy • Douglas Tomb State Historic Site • Field Museum • Former 7th District Police Station • Fountain of Time • Gallagher House • Geographical Center of Chicago • Graceland Cemetery • Grant Park • Historic Begin Route 66 Sign • Hotel Lincoln - JDV by Hyatt • Hubcap Yard House • Humboldt Park • Hyde Park Hair Salon & Barber • International Museum of Surgical Science • Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art • Jack Brickhouse Memorial • John Hancock Center • Klairmont Kollections Automotive Museum • Kocol Mark S • K Three Welding • L. Frank Baum Yellow Brick Road • Los Portales Mexican Restaurant • McDonald's •  Merchandise Mart • Midwest Eye Center - Chicago • Monument To The Great Northern Migration • New Colony Building • Nuclear Energy Sculpture • Obama Kissing Rock • Oz Park • Ravenswood ArtWalk • Robin Williams Mural • Rosehill Cemetery •  Sanchez Lab • Shit Fountain • Sims Metal Management • Skydeck Chicago • SP+ Parking • Superdawg Drive-In • Swoon • Taco Bell Cantina • Tribune Tower • Twisted Spoke • United Center • University  of Chicago • Victory Gardens Theater • Walt Disney Birthplace Home • Weber Grill Restaurant • Winston's Sausages • Wolfy's • Wooly Mammoth • The Wormhole Coffee • Wrigley Field

Fox River Grove • Bettendorf Castle

Freeport • Little Cubs Field • Union Dairy

Fulton • The Dutch Oven • Heritage Canyon • Windmill Cultural Center

Galena • Belvedere Mansion • U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site • West Street Sculpture Park

Galva • Galva City Police Department

Gardner • Streetcar Diner • Two Cell Jail

Gays • Two Story Outhouse

Geneva • Chicago Soccer Academy • Fabyan Windmill • Oak Hill Cemetery • Good Templar Park Association

Glen Ellyn • College of DuPage • College of DuPage, Health and Science Center

Glenview • Abt Electronics

Granite • Chain of Rocks Bridge • Everclean Car Wash • Granite City Park District

Grayslake • Lake County Farm Bureau

Greenville • DeMoulin Museum

Gridley • Telephone Museum of Gridley

Griggsville

Gurnee • El Rancho Motel

Hartford • Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower

Harvard • Five Point Park • RavenStone Castle

Hebron • Basketball Water Tower

Herod • Gap Bar • Garden of the God's • Herod Cave Historic Site • Shawnee Bigfoot Statue

Highland Park • Giant Hawk Head and Nest

Hillsboro • Abraham Lincoln Statue Plaza

Hillside • Mount Carmel Cemetery

Hinsdale • Robert Crown Center For Health Education

Homewood

HoopPole • St. Mary of the Fields Catholic Church

Hopewell • Whispering Giant Park

Hudson • Comlara Park

Hudsonville • Hutson Memorial Park

Inverness • Village of Inverness

Iuka • Quandt's Supply

Jacksonville • Brennan HVAC

Joliet • Blues Brothers Copmobile • Dick's Towing Service Inc • First Dairy Queen Location • Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 • Liberty Meadow Estates • Old Joliet Prison • Route 66 Food n Fuel

Justice • Resurrection  Cemetery

Kankakee • 5th Avenue Community Gardens • Alexander Construction and Innovative Mobile Marketing • American Legion Kankakee Post 85 • Dairy Queen

Kaskaskia • Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial

Kent • Blackhawk Battlefield Park

Kewanee

Lemont • Argonne Welcome Center Northgate

Lerna • Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site • Shiloh Cemetery • Thompson's Welding Service

Lexington • Crazy Presidential Elephant

Liberty

Libertyville • Lambs Farm

Lincoln • Hotel Lincoln Inn • Lincoln City Hall • Lincoln Watermelon Monument • The Mill Museum on Route 66 • Postville Courthouse State Historic Site • Tiny Church • The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign

Lincolnshire • Par-King Skill Golf

Lincolnwood • Novelty Golf & Games

Livingston • Pink Elephant Antique Mall

Lockport • Lincoln Landing • Lockport Powerhouse

Loda • Loda Park

Lombard • Weber Grill Restaurant & Cooking School

Long Grove • Sock Monkey Museum

Lynnwood • Clarke's Garden Center & Stone Depot

Lyons • Chicago Portage National Historic Site

Macomb • Living Lincoln Topiary Monument

Makanda • Giant City State Park Lodge & Restaurant • Rainmaker Art Studio • Water Tower

Malta • Old School Pizza

Mapleton • Butler Haynes Pavilion • Hollis Park District

Marseilles • Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial

Marshall • 1918 Brick National Road • World's Largest Gavel

Martinsville • Martinsville Agricultural Fair • Moonshine Store

Matanzas Beach

Mattoon • Burger King (Mattoon)

McCook • Welcome To Fabulous McCook Illinois Sign

Melrose Park • Kiddieland Amusement Park Sign

Metropolis • Big John Super Foods Store • Fort Massac State Park • kryptonite rock • Lois Lane Statue • Masonic Cemetery • Massac County Courthouse Annex • The Super Museum

Midlothian • Bachelor's Grove Cemetery

Milford

Mokena • Creamery

Moline

Monmouth

Morton • Red Barn Tree Shop

Mount Carroll • Raven's Grin Inn

Mount Morris • Illinois Freedom Bell

Mt Olive • Soulsby Shell Station • Union Miners Cemetery

Mt. Pleasant • Grave of King Neptune the Pig • Trail of Tears Welcome Center

Mt. Vernon • Mt.Vernon Overhead Door

Murphysboro • Holiday Inn Express & Suites Murphysboro-Carbondale

Naperville • Central Park • Dick Tracy Statue • Highlands Elementary School • Millennium Carillon • Naperville Public Library - 95th Street Library • Naperville Public Library - Naper Blvd. Library • Naperville Public Library - Nichols Library • Naperville Train • Wrinkle Fairy

Nashville • The Traveler’s Chapel

Nauvoo • Nauvoo-Colusa Elementary/Jr High School

Newton • A-J Welding & Steel • Burl Ives Statue • Mug Tree

Niles • Booby's • Leaning Tower YMCA • Niles Veteran's Memorial Waterfall • President Abraham Lincoln bench • Veterans Memorial Monument Nilwood • Turkey Tracks on Route 66

Normal • Carl's Ice Cream Factory • Sprague's Super Service Station

Norridge • Westlawn Cemetery & Mausoleum

North Aurora • Scott's Vintage & Antiques

North Riverside • Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care

Norway • Norwegian Settlers State Memorial

Oak Brook • Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center

Oak Forest • King Heating and Air Conditioning

Oak Lawn • Cardinal Liquor Barn Inc

Odell • Standard Oil of Illinois Gas Station

Oglesby • The Rootbeer Stand • Starved Rock State Park

Olney • Olney Chamber of Commerce • Olney City Park • The Repair Shop

Oquawka • Norma Jean, Circus Elephant Monument

Oregon • Lowden State Park • Lowden State Park Campground • Oregon Park East

Ottawa • Ho-Ma-Shjah-Nah-Zhee-Ga Indian Monument • Lincoln-Douglas Park • Ottawa Avenue Cemetery • Remembering the Radium Girls • Shoe Tree • Volvo at Carling Motors Co. Limited

Palatine • Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services

Pana • Giant Hand with Painted Nails

Park Forest • Chinese House @ 428 N. Orchard Drive • Park Forest Rail Fan Park

Pekin • Double D's Soft Serve

Peoria Heights • Heights Tower

Peoria • C.T. Gabbert Remodeling & Construction • Neal Auto Parts • Peoria Plaza Tire • Peoria Riverfront Museum • Richard Pryor statue by Preston Jackson • Wheels O' Time Museum Paris • Sapp Bros. Travel Center

Peru

Petersburg • Oakland Cemetery

Piasa • Southwestern Middle School

Plainfield • Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202

Plano • Smallville Superfest

Pontiac • Burma Shave Signs • Livingston County War Museum • Route 66 Association of Illinois • Route 66 decommissioned Illinois State police headquarter

Port Byron • Will B. Rolling Statue

Princeton • Owen Lovejoy House • Red Covered Bridge

Quincy • St Peters Cemetery

Rantoul • Chanute Air Force Base (Decommissioned) • Hardy's Reindeer Ranch • Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport-Frank Elliott Field

Rend Lake • Rend Lake Golf Course Restaurant & Banquet

River Grove • Hala Kahiki Lounge

Riverdale • Riverdale, IL Water Tower

Roanoke

Rochelle • Vince's Pizza & Family Restaurant

Rock Island • Black Hawk State Historic Site • Chippiannock Cemetery • Rock Island Arsenal

Rockford • Beyer Peaches Stadium • Lockwood Park & Trailside Equestrian Centre • Midway Village Museum • Rock Men

Rolling Meadows • Rolling Meadows Park District Headquarters

Romeoville • White Fence Farm Main Restaurant

Rondout

Roscoe • Historic Auto Attractions

Roselle • Mark Drug Pharmacy and Home Health

Rosemont • Rosemont Water Tower Russell • Russell Military Museum

Salem • Pollard Motors

Sandwich • Bull Moose Bar & Grille • Sandwich City Hall • Sandwich Opera House

Savanna • Savanna Army Depot

Schaumburg • Al Larson Prairie Center For the Arts • Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament • Weber Grill Restaurant & Cooking School

Scott AFB • Scott Field Heritage Air Park

Seneca • LST Memorial Public Boat Launch

Shelbyville • Mobile Wedding Chapel & Wedding Ceremony • Shelby County Courthouse

Silvis • Hero Street Monument Committee

South Barrington • Goebbert's Farm - South Barrington

South Elgin • Fox Valley Trolley Museum

Springfield • 1908 Race Riot Memorial • Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum • Ace Sign Co • Capitol Complex Visitors Center • County Market • Cozy Dog Drive In • Derringer Auto Care • Dumb Records • Illinois State Capitol • Illinois State Fairground • Illinois State Military Museum • Lauterbach Tire & Auto Service • Lincoln Monument Association • Mahan Filling Station • Oak Ridge Cemetery • Pearson Museum • Shea's Gas Station Museum • Southeast High School • Springfield Amtrak Station • Young Lincoln Mural

St. Anne • St. Anne Caboose

St. Charles • Ghoulish Mortals

St. Elmo • Driftstone Pueblo

Staunton • Henrys Rabbit Ranch

Stewardson • Moomaw Truck Alignment INC. Stickney • Mt. Auburn Cemetery

Stockton • Bottle Shed Bar & Pizzaria

Stone Park • Casa Italia

Streamwood • Spirit of America Car Wash

Streator • Canteen Monument • Pluto Coffee and Tea • Schultz Monument Co

Summit • Argo Community High School

Sycamore • Statue of Mr. Pumpkin

Tampico • Ronald Reagan's Birthplace

Taylorville • Christian County Circuit Clerk • Oak Hill Cemetery

Teutopolis  • Monastery Museum

Towanda • Dead Man's Curve

Troy Grove • Wild Bill Hickok State Memorial

Union • Illinois Railway Museum

University  Park • Governors State University

Urbana • Natural History Building • U of I Pollinatarium • University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Vandalia • Jay's Inn • Kaskaskia Dragon • Vandalia City Hall • Vandalia Statehouse State Historic Site

Vienna • Big Boys Bar & Grill

Villa Park • Safari Land

Volo • Jurassic Gardens • The Party Barn at Volo Museum • Volo Museum • Volo Museum Auto Sales

Wadsworth • Gold Pyramid

Wapella • Prairie Built Barns Wapella

Washington • Lincoln Statue “Return Visit” Washington  Park • Eddie's

Watseka • Smiley Face Water Tower

Waukegan • Club Tiki Bar & Video Slots • Waukegan Public Library • Waukegan Roofing | TPO Commercial Flat Roof Repair & Replacement

Wedron

Wenona • Coal Mine Car Monument

Westport • Lincoln Trail State Memorial

Wheaton • Armerding Center for Music and Arts • Billy Graham Museum • Jack T. Knuepfer County Administration Building • Wheaton College • Wheaton College Marion E Wade Center • Wheaton College  Observatory  (IL) • Wheaton Windmill Wheeling • Superdawg Drive-In

Whitehall

Willow Hill • Mound Cemetery

Willowbrook • Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket

Wilmette • Bahá'í House of Worship

Wilmington

Winnetka

Woodlawn

Woodridge • Hollywood Blvd Cinema

Woodstock • Royal Victorian Manor • Shoe Tree

Worth • Ball Fore Miniature Golf

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Illinois

Chicago • 300 South Wacker • 360 Chicago  Observation Deck • Anderson Shumaker • Balboa Monument • Batcolumn • Big Monster Toys • Big Smile Dental • Billy Goat Tavern • Billy Goat Tavern (at The Mart) • Billy Goat Tavern (Navy ) • Billy Goat Tavern (near United Center) • Billy Goat Tavern (Ohare Airport- Concourse C) • Billy Goat Tavern (The Original) • Billy Goat Tavern (Wrigleyville) • Bob Newhart Statue • Bohemian National Cemetery • Busy Beaver Button Co • Chicago Architecture Center • Chicago Fed Money Museum • Cloud Gate • Creative Circle • Crown Fountain • Daley Plaza • Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy • Douglas Tomb State Historic Site • Field Museum • Former 7th District Police Station • Fountain of Time • Gallagher House • Geographical Center of Chicago • Graceland Cemetery • Grant Park • Historic Begin Route 66 Sign • Hotel Lincoln - JDV by Hyatt • Hubcap Yard House • Humboldt Park • Hyde Park Hair Salon & Barber • International Museum of Surgical Science • Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art • Jack Brickhouse Memorial ��� John Hancock Center • Klairmont Kollections Automotive Museum • Kocol Mark S • K Three Welding • L. Frank Baum Yellow Brick Road • Los Portales Mexican Restaurant • McDonald's •  Merchandise Mart • Midwest Eye Center - Chicago • Monument To The Great Northern Migration • New Colony Building • Nuclear Energy Sculpture • Obama Kissing Rock • Oz Park • Ravenswood ArtWalk • Robin Williams Mural • Rosehill Cemetery •  Sanchez Lab • Shit Fountain • Sims Metal Management • Skydeck Chicago • SP+ Parking • Superdawg Drive-In • Swoon • Taco Bell Cantina • Tribune Tower • Twisted Spoke • United Center • University  of Chicago • Victory Gardens Theater • Walt Disney Birthplace Home • Weber Grill Restaurant • Winston's Sausages • Wolfy's • Wooly Mammoth • The Wormhole Coffee • Wrigley Field

Fox River Grove • Bettendorf Castle

Freeport • Little Cubs Field • Union Dairy

Fulton • The Dutch Oven • Heritage Canyon • Windmill Cultural Center

Galena • Belvedere Mansion • U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site • West Street Sculpture Park

Galva • Galva City Police Department

Gardner • Streetcar Diner • Two Cell Jail

Gays • Two Story Outhouse

Geneva • Chicago Soccer Academy • Fabyan Windmill • Oak Hill Cemetery • Good Templar Park Association

Glen Ellyn • College of DuPage • College of DuPage, Health and Science Center

Glenview • Abt Electronics

Granite • Chain of Rocks Bridge • Everclean Car Wash • Granite City Park District

Grayslake • Lake County Farm Bureau

Greenville • DeMoulin Museum

Gridley • Telephone Museum of Gridley

Griggsville

Gurnee • El Rancho Motel

Hartford • Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower

Harvard • Five Point Park • RavenStone Castle

Hebron • Basketball Water Tower

Herod • Gap Bar • Garden of the God's • Herod Cave Historic Site • Shawnee Bigfoot Statue

Highland Park • Giant Hawk Head and Nest

Hillsboro • Abraham Lincoln Statue Plaza

Hillside • Mount Carmel Cemetery

Hinsdale • Robert Crown Center For Health Education

Homewood

HoopPole • St. Mary of the Fields Catholic Church

Hopewell • Whispering Giant Park

Hudson • Comlara Park

Hudsonville • Hutson Memorial Park

Inverness • Village of Inverness

Iuka • Quandt's Supply

Jacksonville • Brennan HVAC

Joliet • Blues Brothers Copmobile • Dick's Towing Service Inc • First Dairy Queen Location • Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 • Liberty Meadow Estates • Old Joliet Prison • Route 66 Food n Fuel

Justice • Resurrection  Cemetery

Kankakee • 5th Avenue Community Gardens • Alexander Construction and Innovative Mobile Marketing • American Legion Kankakee Post 85 • Dairy Queen

Kaskaskia • Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial

Kent • Blackhawk Battlefield Park

Kewanee

Lemont • Argonne Welcome Center Northgate

Lerna • Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site • Shiloh Cemetery • Thompson's Welding Service

Lexington • Crazy Presidential Elephant

Liberty

Libertyville • Lambs Farm

Lincoln • Hotel Lincoln Inn • Lincoln City Hall • Lincoln Watermelon Monument • The Mill Museum on Route 66 • Postville Courthouse State Historic Site • Tiny Church • The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign

Lincolnshire • Par-King Skill Golf

Lincolnwood • Novelty Golf & Games

Livingston • Pink Elephant Antique Mall

Lockport • Lincoln Landing • Lockport Powerhouse

Loda • Loda Park

Lombard • Weber Grill Restaurant & Cooking School

Long Grove • Sock Monkey Museum

Lynnwood • Clarke's Garden Center & Stone Depot

Lyons • Chicago Portage National Historic Site

Macomb • Living Lincoln Topiary Monument

Makanda • Giant City State Park Lodge & Restaurant • Rainmaker Art Studio • Water Tower

Malta • Old School Pizza

Mapleton • Butler Haynes Pavilion • Hollis Park District

Marseilles • Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial

Marshall • 1918 Brick National Road • World's Largest Gavel

Martinsville • Martinsville Agricultural Fair • Moonshine Store

Matanzas Beach

Mattoon • Burger King (Mattoon)

McCook • Welcome To Fabulous McCook Illinois Sign

Melrose Park • Kiddieland Amusement Park Sign

Metropolis • Big John Super Foods Store • Fort Massac State Park • kryptonite rock • Lois Lane Statue • Masonic Cemetery • Massac County Courthouse Annex • The Super Museum

Midlothian • Bachelor's Grove Cemetery

Milford

Mokena • Creamery

Moline

Monmouth

Morton • Red Barn Tree Shop

Mount Carroll • Raven's Grin Inn

Mount Morris • Illinois Freedom Bell

Mt Olive • Soulsby Shell Station • Union Miners Cemetery

Mt. Pleasant • Grave of King Neptune the Pig • Trail of Tears Welcome Center

Mt. Vernon • Mt.Vernon Overhead Door

Murphysboro • Holiday Inn Express & Suites Murphysboro-Carbondale

Naperville • Central Park • Dick Tracy Statue • Highlands Elementary School • Millennium Carillon • Naperville Public Library - 95th Street Library • Naperville Public Library - Naper Blvd. Library • Naperville Public Library - Nichols Library • Naperville Train • Wrinkle Fairy

Nashville • The Traveler’s Chapel

Nauvoo • Nauvoo-Colusa Elementary/Jr High School

Newton • A-J Welding & Steel • Burl Ives Statue • Mug Tree

Niles • Booby's • Leaning Tower YMCA • Niles Veteran's Memorial Waterfall • President Abraham Lincoln bench • Veterans Memorial Monument Nilwood • Turkey Tracks on Route 66

Normal • Carl's Ice Cream Factory • Sprague's Super Service Station

Norridge • Westlawn Cemetery & Mausoleum

North Aurora • Scott's Vintage & Antiques

North Riverside • Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care

Norway • Norwegian Settlers State Memorial

Oak Brook • Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center

Oak Forest • King Heating and Air Conditioning

Oak Lawn • Cardinal Liquor Barn Inc

Odell • Standard Oil of Illinois Gas Station

Oglesby • The Rootbeer Stand • Starved Rock State Park

Olney • Olney Chamber of Commerce • Olney City Park • The Repair Shop

Oquawka • Norma Jean, Circus Elephant Monument

Oregon • Lowden State Park • Lowden State Park Campground • Oregon Park East

Ottawa • Ho-Ma-Shjah-Nah-Zhee-Ga Indian Monument • Lincoln-Douglas Park • Ottawa Avenue Cemetery • Remembering the Radium Girls • Shoe Tree • Volvo at Carling Motors Co. Limited

Palatine • Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services

Pana • Giant Hand with Painted Nails

Park Forest • Chinese House @ 428 N. Orchard Drive • Park Forest Rail Fan Park

Pekin • Double D's Soft Serve

Peoria Heights • Heights Tower

Peoria • C.T. Gabbert Remodeling & Construction • Neal Auto Parts • Peoria Plaza Tire • Peoria Riverfront Museum • Richard Pryor statue by Preston Jackson • Wheels O' Time Museum Paris • Sapp Bros. Travel Center

Peru

Petersburg • Oakland Cemetery

Piasa • Southwestern Middle School

Plainfield • Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202

Plano • Smallville Superfest

Pontiac • Burma Shave Signs • Livingston County War Museum • Route 66 Association of Illinois • Route 66 decommissioned Illinois State police headquarter

Port Byron • Will B. Rolling Statue

Princeton • Owen Lovejoy House • Red Covered Bridge

Quincy • St Peters Cemetery

Rantoul • Chanute Air Force Base (Decommissioned) • Hardy's Reindeer Ranch • Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport-Frank Elliott Field

Rend Lake • Rend Lake Golf Course Restaurant & Banquet

River Grove • Hala Kahiki Lounge

Riverdale • Riverdale, IL Water Tower

Roanoke

Rochelle • Vince's Pizza & Family Restaurant

Rock Island • Black Hawk State Historic Site • Chippiannock Cemetery • Rock Island Arsenal

Rockford • Beyer Peaches Stadium • Lockwood Park & Trailside Equestrian Centre • Midway Village Museum • Rock Men

Rolling Meadows • Rolling Meadows Park District Headquarters

Romeoville • White Fence Farm Main Restaurant

Rondout

Roscoe • Historic Auto Attractions

Roselle • Mark Drug Pharmacy and Home Health

Rosemont • Rosemont Water Tower Russell • Russell Military Museum

Salem • Pollard Motors

Sandwich • Bull Moose Bar & Grille • Sandwich City Hall • Sandwich Opera House

Savanna • Savanna Army Depot

Schaumburg • Al Larson Prairie Center For the Arts • Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament • Weber Grill Restaurant & Cooking School

Scott AFB • Scott Field Heritage Air Park

Seneca • LST Memorial Public Boat Launch

Shelbyville • Mobile Wedding Chapel & Wedding Ceremony • Shelby County Courthouse

Silvis • Hero Street Monument Committee

South Barrington • Goebbert's Farm - South Barrington

South Elgin • Fox Valley Trolley Museum

Springfield • 1908 Race Riot Memorial • Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum • Ace Sign Co • Capitol Complex Visitors Center • County Market • Cozy Dog Drive In • Derringer Auto Care • Dumb Records • Illinois State Capitol • Illinois State Fairground • Illinois State Military Museum • Lauterbach Tire & Auto Service • Lincoln Monument Association • Mahan Filling Station • Oak Ridge Cemetery • Pearson Museum • Shea's Gas Station Museum • Southeast High School • Springfield Amtrak Station • Young Lincoln Mural

St. Anne • St. Anne Caboose

St. Charles • Ghoulish Mortals

St. Elmo • Driftstone Pueblo

Staunton • Henrys Rabbit Ranch

Stewardson • Moomaw Truck Alignment INC. Stickney • Mt. Auburn Cemetery

Stockton • Bottle Shed Bar & Pizzaria

Stone Park • Casa Italia

Streamwood • Spirit of America Car Wash

Streator • Canteen Monument • Pluto Coffee and Tea • Schultz Monument Co

Summit • Argo Community High School

Sycamore • Statue of Mr. Pumpkin

Tampico • Ronald Reagan's Birthplace

Taylorville • Christian County Circuit Clerk • Oak Hill Cemetery

Teutopolis  • Monastery Museum

Towanda • Dead Man's Curve

Troy Grove • Wild Bill Hickok State Memorial

Union • Illinois Railway Museum

University  Park • Governors State University

Urbana • Natural History Building • U of I Pollinatarium • University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Vandalia • Jay's Inn • Kaskaskia Dragon • Vandalia City Hall • Vandalia Statehouse State Historic Site

Vienna • Big Boys Bar & Grill

Villa Park • Safari Land

Volo • Jurassic Gardens • The Party Barn at Volo Museum • Volo Museum • Volo Museum Auto Sales

Wadsworth • Gold Pyramid

Wapella • Prairie Built Barns Wapella

Washington • Lincoln Statue “Return Visit” Washington  Park • Eddie's

Watseka • Smiley Face Water Tower

Waukegan • Club Tiki Bar & Video Slots • Waukegan Public Library • Waukegan Roofing | TPO Commercial Flat Roof Repair & Replacement

Wedron

Wenona • Coal Mine Car Monument

Westport • Lincoln Trail State Memorial

Wheaton • Armerding Center for Music and Arts • Billy Graham Museum • Jack T. Knuepfer County Administration Building • Wheaton College • Wheaton College Marion E Wade Center • Wheaton College  Observatory  (IL) • Wheaton Windmill Wheeling • Superdawg Drive-In

Whitehall

Willow Hill • Mound Cemetery

Willowbrook • Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket

Wilmette • Bahá'í House of Worship

Wilmington

Winnetka

Woodlawn

Woodridge • Hollywood Blvd Cinema

Woodstock • Royal Victorian Manor • Shoe Tree

Worth • Ball Fore Miniature Golf 

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[ad_1] NORMAL, IL—East St. Louis’ reputation in Illinois high school football is special. Lately, the Flyers have been bigger, faster, and bolder than any other program. They are the only team in the state regularly featured in national rankings. And everywhere they go, thousands of fans travel along with them. Saturday in Normal, East St. Louis met its match. Mount Carmel took control early and then held off a ferocious comeback from the Flyers to win 36-33 at Illinois State’s Hancock Stadium. Caravan junior Jack Elliott made his first start at quarterback, stepping in for Blainey Dowling, who led the team to a 14-0 season and Class 7A state title last season. Elliott was confident and tremendously physical, more than living up to the praise his teammates and coaches lavished on him in the preseason. He finished with 22 carries for 177 yards and one touchdown. He was 13 of 26 for 108 yards and a touchdown. “He’s a winner,” Mount Carmel coach Jordan Lynch said. “We knew exactly what we had. We were fortunate to have [Dowling] last year who was an absolute stud and a great leader and Jack learned a lot from him.”Mount Carmel led 36-19 after Darrion Dupree’s nine-yard touchdown run with 9:48 to play. East St. Louis quarterback Robert “Pops” Battle scored on a one-yard run with 5:05 left and then connected with Purdue recruit Jesse Watson on a 28-yard TD to pull the Flyers within three points with 3:56 to play.The Caravan picked up enough first downs on their final drive to run out the clock. “Starting off strong was a really good thing for us but we have to finish stronger than we did,” Elliott said. The matchup between the defending Class 7A and 6A state champions took nearly three and a half hours due to penalties. The Flyers had 19 penalties for 167 yards. Dupree, a Wisconsin recruit, had 20 carries for 70 yards and two touchdowns. He caught six passes for 52 yards. “The game was fun at first and then it started getting stressful,” Dupree said. “I don’t like that. We can’t let that happen anymore.”East St. Louis trailed 21-7 at halftime. Starting running back TaRyan Martin didn’t play in the first half. His introduction to the game opened up the Flyers’ offense. He had seven carries for 46 yards and a touchdown.“The [East St. Louis] coaches did a good job making adjustments,” Lynch said. “And we have to limit the penalties. I thought that was an absolute nightmare.”Maine South transfer Maurice Densmore was a key for the Caravan. He had six carries for 32 yards and a touchdown and three catches for 31 yards. Densmore and Lynch both came up clutch on crucial third and fourth down plays. “[Densmore] has great hands and he’s tough and physical running the ball,” Lynch said. “And he blocks on the perimeter.”Battle was 8 of 16 passing for 156 yards. He threw touchdown passes of 69 and 28 yards and rushed for two scores. “This was just one game, even though it was East St. Louis,” Elliott said. “We have two big goals, 9-0 and 14-0. This is just a start. They were aggressive but we were more physical and that’s why we won the game.” window.fbAsyncInit = function() FB.init( appId : '425672421661236', xfbml : true, version : 'v2.9' ); ; (function(d, s, id) var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = " fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); [ad_2]

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Which All Are The Cheapest Place To Live In California?

California is considered to be a dream place to be visited at least once in the lifetime of a person for so many people. Because it is a place with dreams, a wonderful and beautiful place with scenic views and also a great environment. There are so many cheapest place to live in california.

California is known to be a wonderful place where there are so many wonderful and also beautiful places are there where a person can visit and enjoy the scenery over there and also make the wonderful memories for the rest of their life.

Along with that sometimes it has been said that California is very costly and also very expensive kind of place where nobody can visit without a big pocket or a huge budget but the similar thing is being criticised by so many people and is been contradicted by the world as well and this is the major reason why we have mentioned the top cheapest place to live in california.

Basically, there are so many places where a person can visit in the California and some of them are considered to be expensive and costly but on the other hand some of them are known to be very cheap and budget friendly. However, still so many people think the same thing that all the places and California are considered to be very costly and expensive because the whole of the country is known to be costly but similar is not the case for each and every single place over there in California.

In order to show the truth to the people and keep out the myths made by the people all across the globe. We have mentioned a complete and also proper list of the cheapest place to live in california.

Here are some of the major as well as the top most cheapest place to live in california. Have a look at the same and continue reading the article till the end of it in order to know more about the same in a detailed and explanatory manner.

The following are some of the major and top cheapest place to live in california:

1. Clearlake 

2. Bakersfield

3. Fresno

4. Eureka

5. Stockton

6. Clovis

7. Sacramento

8. Chico

9. Fontana

10. Vacaville

11. Oxnard

Here are the top 50 cities in the U.S.A. which comes under cheapest place to live in california.

1. Chanhesan, Minnesota.

2. Carmel, Indiana

3. Franklin, Tennessee

4. Flower mound, Texas

5. Ashburn, virginia

6. Syracuse, utah

7. Overland Park, kansas

8. Centennial, colorado

9. Scottsdale, arizona

10. Ellicott city, maryland

11. Waukee, lowa

12. Madison, alabama

13. Boise, idaho

14. Lake oswego, oregon

15. Indian trail, north carolina

16. Henderson ville, tennessee

17. Yukon, oklahoma

18. Brownsburg, indiana

19. Frisco, texas

20. Mason, ohio

21. Martinez, georgia

22. St. peters, missouri

23. Olive branch, mississippi

24. Peach tree city, georgia

25. Round rock, texas

26. La vergne, tennessee

27. South jordan, utah

28. Castle rock, colorado

29. Wood bury, minnesota

30. Macomb, michigan

31. Wood stock, georgia

32. Rose mount, minnesota

33. Benton, arkansas

34. Navarre, florida

35. Severna park, maryland

36. Raleigh, north carolina

37. Lower merion, pennsylvania

38. Upper arlington, ohio

39. Hilton head island, south carolina

40. Urban dale, lowa

41. Chester field county, virginia

42. Camas washington

43. Rocklin, california

44. Salem, new hampshire

45. Naper ville, illinois

46. West ford, massachusetts

47. Plain view, new york

48. Mission viejo, california

49. Clarks town, new york

50. Paramus, New york.

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“Sometimes the Road Calls (or It’s A Midlife Crisis)” Part 3 Of 3.

I slept pretty soundly and woke up around nine in the morning. The bed was firm but honestly, I don’t think it would have mattered how soft or firm the bed was… I was so worn out, I probably would have slept soundly on the floor.  After a quick shower, I got dressed and pushed my bike outside and loaded it up. I walked over to turn the keys in where a young lady sat behind the counter. She was 8 months pregnant and was about to pop. She said she had to check the room, so I walked with her and learned more about her. I asked her if it was her first child and she told me that it was going to be her fourth which was surprising to me because she didn’t look old enough to have that many kids. As I get older, I am really getting bad at gauging age. I think that happens to all of us. After she cleared the room, I got my safe deposit money back because since I paid in cash, I had to leave money the night before. I started my bike and rode across the street to a gas station to fill up before I set out on the second day of my adventure.

(Terre Haute, Indiana before I started)

I pulled into the gas station across the street from the motel and one of the pumps didn’t work, so I had to roll around to another one. Frustratingly, the gas came out rather quickly and splashed all over my hand and the fuel tank. I went to grab towels from the dispenser where they kept the windshield wiper squeegee and it was empty, as was the cleaning solution. I went inside to the bathroom, which only had an air blower to dry hands with. Thankfully though, near the drink machines, there was another sink with napkins, so I washed my hands as best as I could, wet down a few napkins and walked back out to clean my fuel tank. I then returned and washed my hands and arm again but I couldn’t seem to get rid of that gas smell… ugh….  A great start to a long day…. I was hoping that wasn’t an omen about the course of the remainder of the day.

I decided to go inside and grab a bottled water and a breakfast bar and I ended up talking to the manager of the store. I told him conversationally that once you get gas on you, it is so tough to get off. He agreed and said it happens to him all the time. The conversation went forward, as some conversations do, and he asked about my trip and where I was heading. We talked for a bit longer and I learned he had been a manager for several plus years and he commiserated on a tough life of working at that location, dealing with ungrateful and entitled people. He shared a couple of stories and finally, I had to back out of the conversation by being polite but telling him that I had to get going, because I had many miles to go that day. He understood but to be honest, he looked rather sad standing behind that counter. An older gentleman with a droopy mustache and eyes behind dusty glasses.  Sometimes, we make choices in life and we don’t know the full ramifications of those choices until many years later. And sometimes, we don’t like those choices. I got that feeling listening to him that day. As I got on my bike and started away, I waved at the guy through the window and he waved back.

Now, I was on the road again. I was having trouble with my duffle bag because it kept on wanting to tilt and lean to one side. No matter what I did to cinch it down, it just didn’t want to work. So, I ended up riding for a little bit, stopping, readjusting and then continuing on. It wasn’t long before my hand started cramping up and hurting again but thankfully, there was a lot of straight shots and small towns to get through.

A couple hours later I rolled through Vincennes and onto Princeton, Indiana where I turned right and headed into Illinois. First stop was rolling through Mount Carmel. I am glad that I came this way. Twenty years ago, when I was a young marine, I came this way in the dead of the night. I just finished my Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) school and I had the option to drive all the way home to the panhandle of Florida from Maryland, which would have taken sixteen plus hours, or I could drive to Southern Illinois where I have a ton of extended family and it would only have been eleven or so hours. This would have been around 1998 and that was the first time I drove through Mount Carmel and Carmi, Illinois. So, it was interesting to me to drive that same route twenty years later. Of course, I didn’t recognize it, as it was in the middle of the night and so many years ago the first time. But for whatever reason, those two town names have stuck in my mind ever since then.

(Mount Carmel, Illinois)

I stopped off and gassed up again in Mount Carmel, Illinois. I spoke with a gentleman while filling up and we talked about the motorcycle.  After I gassed up, I pulled over to a parking area in the shade of the store and decided to take an extended break. I walked into the store to use the restroom and grab something to eat and drink. I should have found a place to sit and eat but for some reason, when I am on the road, I go into this “travel mode” where I just go…I don’t get hungry, I don’t get thirsty, I just fall into this zombie like mode to just get to the next stop. Once I stop though, I am reminded like a distant thought crossing the void, “hey, you might be hungry” and then before I know it, it grows to the point of awareness.   Besides the slight pang of hunger, I was also getting dehydrated.  Although I drank water throughout the day before, it wasn’t near enough and I didn’t put on any sunscreen that first day and surprisingly, you can still get a pretty good sunburn, even in the latter part of the day. I looked for something good to eat but there didn’t seem to be much in the way of options, so I decided to get a Lunchable.  I actually like Lunchables - crackers, cheese, and ham or turkey with a cold Capri sun and a Reese’s Peanut Butter. I also bought a Gatorade. I walked up the counter and the nice young lady and I exchanged pleasantries as she got me my change. I walked back out and plopped right down next to the bike on the curb. I sucked that Capri sun down and then slowly ate the rest of the tray. I was just enjoying the moment, watching the cars drive by. It wasn’t long before I was done. Lunchables aren’t that big so I threw the package away and guzzled down half the Gatorade. Since I was dehydrated, I could feel the headache coming, which wouldn’t be good because with the hard tail, feeling every bump in the road would not be a good thing to experience.   After I was done with the Gatorade, I threw away my trash, stretched and got back on the bike.    

(Where I sat in the shade eating lunch)

A few miles later, I was having issues with my duffel bag again and was getting frustrated… Well, I was always frustrated, I was getting past frustrated. Finally, I just pulled off in a little town named Cowling, Illinois. I pulled into the parking lot of a little country church and tried to re-cinch my gear down.  During the process of adjustment, one of the straps just broke and I finally decided to just wear it like a back pack, which worked out surprisingly well.  Why hadn’t I done it earlier? Oh well, lesson learned.

I got back on the road and headed into Carmi, Illinois which was a bustling town. Like I wrote earlier, the last time I came through was twenty years ago, so I didn’t recognize anything, and the size of the town surprised me. There was road work near where the train tracks crossed the road I was traveling, but thankfully, it didn’t hold me up for very long. There were two very bored-looking guys holding a “Stop” and “Slow” sign, due to there only being one lane open. When I left Carmi, the weather was cloudy but still sunny. It wasn’t long before I saw a storm looming in the distance. That’s one thing about the Midwest and southern Illinois in the summer - storms pop up lightning fast (no pun intended). I thought and hoped that I could make it to my destination before the storm and I crossed paths, but before long it started sprinkling sporadically and I then decided that I would pull off to put on my rain gear in the next town, which happened to be Norris, Illinois.  It’s funny but I made it all day the day before and I was less than an hour away from my destination so naturally, rain would come. I write that in jest, but it did seem Murphy’s law dictated that I couldn’t have a trip without a little rain. But to be honest, we all need a little rain from time to time in life. It helps us to appreciate those times we do have it good. I suited up in the rain gear and continued on.  

(Norris, Illinois where I pulled over to suit up in rain gear)

Finally, I made it to Eldorado Illinois, and thankfully I had the forethought to put on the rain gear because the bottom dropped out and I was riding in the rain. Kind of like those bugs I mentioned earlier… the rain hurts just as bad. But, since I had on the jacket, the pelting wasn’t too bad, however, it was hard to see with my glasses getting wet.  It was slow-going because I just didn’t trust the roadway with it being wet, so I slowed down even more. Cars passed me by, which slung more water on me. It went on this way for quite a while until I hit Harrisburg Illinois. When I hit the outskirts, the rain stopped, and the sun made its appearance again. I rode past many stores and many places in Harrisburg that I had grown up shopping at, during the years when I was visiting every summer. Over here was where the local video rental store was, over there was the new Walmart, which was down the road from where the old Walmart was. There is where my aunt still gets milk that comes in glass bottles. And here, the Dairy Queen…You get the idea. I continued on.  About six miles outside, between Harrisburg and Stonefort is the little town of Carrier Mills.

I decided to stop off in Carrier Mills to gas up again before traveling a few more miles to my destination. I didn’t know what the next day would bring so I figured it was best to fill the gas tank. As I was gassing up, I met and talked with an older gentleman who asked me about my bike and who I was visiting. It turned out that he knew my aunt and uncle – they had grown up together. Small world. The more you travel, the smaller it gets. Since I was coming to the end of my trip, I was eager to get to it so I hopped back on the bike and continued on.

After leaving Carrier Mills, it was just a few miles before I finally made it to the last town and destination of my trip, Stonefort, Illinois. I turned on the road that went past the small country church I attended every summer with my aunt. I have many fond memories there. It looks like it has grown quite a bit since the time I went, but I will never forget the people I knew there when I was a kid. I also passed by the trailer where my cousin’s grandmother lived.  It’s always weird to see people live in a place that you either lived at or spent a lot of time at previously.  You wonder how they decorated it, and does it look or smell the same inside…just general thoughts like these.  I don’t know who lives in that trailer now, nor did I see them when I drove past, but they keep the place up pretty well. My aunt lives about a mile outside of town and it didn’t take long before I arrived at her house. They weren’t home, but they left the door open for me, so I went inside. I was so exhausted and before long, the storm opened up again. I sat on the couch and with the rain hammering on the roof and thunder rolling in the distance and across the sky, I slept… and slept hard.

(My destination out side Stonefort, Illinois)

It was a great adventure and my body was sore, but I loved every minute of it. In retrospect, I am so glad that my wife met me with the truck. I thought about that a lot during those two days of riding, especially when my hand hurt the worst. If I had to drive the entire way from Southern Illinois to New Orleans on the bike, I just don’t think I would have made it… or it would have taken me a lot longer than I wanted it to.  Who knows though…maybe in the future, I will attempt it, but I am glad that for whatever reason, it didn’t work out this time. I got my little adventure, and my mom, and my wife got to come up and enjoy time with family for the family reunion. All in all, it was a great trip.

From start to finish, I traveled almost 400 miles. I saw places and met people in passing I never had the chance of seeing before and sadly, will probably never see again. This trip really struck home how fast we all are in our endeavors to get somewhere. There were a couple times when I was out there all alone and saw those big nice Harleys or Honda Goldwings pass me like I was standing still, but they didn’t get to see the landscape like I did. Being forced to go slow, I really had time to take it all in. From the kids playing down the side street in a town I passed through, to well-kept and not so well-kept yards, to the roadside flower beds, I was able to see it all. I think life can be like that too. People are zipping here and there, and, in our haste, we miss so much. I think life would be better for us all if we just learned or forced ourselves to slow down.  I know…it’s easier said than done. We all have different motivations for what we do. I think deep down, we all want to leave behind a legacy of some sort, but most of us don’t know why or how. One thing is for sure…we are in pursuit of it.

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Part 2 - The building collapsed finally. No one was hurt. A company was hired to take down the rest of the building safely.

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The Italian Bride of Chicago

Julia Buccola Petta (1892 – March 17, 1921) was a housewife who became known following her death as The Italian Bride. She was the daughter of Filomena Buccola and the wife of Matthew Petta. She died at the age of 29 in 1921 while giving birth to a stillborn son, Filippo.

Following her death, Petta was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Hillside. Petta was buried in her wedding dress. According to legend, soon after Petta's death, her mother Filomena began experiencing dreams in which Petta was telling her that she was still alive. 

Six years after Petta's death, Filomena secured permission to have the grave opened and her daughter exhumed. The coffin was found to have decomposed somewhat, but when it was opened Petta's body was still mostly intact, her son and the arm holding him had decayed. Her mother took a picture of Petta in her casket, which was placed on the monument and is still there to this day. 

Why Petta's body had not decayed much following burial has never been explained.

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The Italian Bride from Chicago.

Following her death, Petta was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Hillside.Petta was buried in her wedding dress. According to legend, soon after Petta’s death, her mother Filomena began experiencing dreams in which Petta was telling her that she was still alive.

Six years after Petta’s death, Filomena secured permission to have the grave opened and her daughter exhumed. The coffin was found to have decomposed somewhat, but when it was opened Petta’s body was still mostly intact, her son and the arm holding him had decayed. In fact, it was said that her flesh was still as soft as it had been when she was alive. Her mother took a picture of Petta in her casket, which was placed on the monument and is still there to this day.

The postmortem photograph shows a body that appears to be fresh, with no discoloration of the skin, even after six years. The rotted and decayed appearance of the coffin in the photo however, bears witness to the fact that it had been underground for some time. Julia appears to be merely sleeping. Her family took the fact that she was found to be so well preserved as a sign from God.

Why Petta’s body had not decayed much following burial has never been explained. Some have attributed Petta’s condition upon being exhumed to her being incorruptible, while others have attributed the condition of her body to the type of soil found in the cemetery. 

And that’s not the end of this odd story. Reports have been told over the years of a ghostly “woman in white” who has been seen wandering at the edge of the cemetery where she rests. Stories claim to have seen her in the daytime and at night and many who know the story of Julia Petta believe that this is her restless spirit. One eerie tale that was told involved a young boy who was accidentally left behind at the cemetery, not far from Julia’s grave. When they returned to Mount Carmel to look for him, they saw him holding the hand of a dark-haired young woman in a white dress. When the boy ran toward his parents, the woman in white disappeared.

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Mount Carmel, Illinois

built in 1910

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Watch "Mount Carmel Cemetery Part 11 - Walking and Viewing the Graves and Mausoleums in Hillside, Illinois." on YouTube