Haymarket memorials:
May 30, 1889 --the statue was unveiled in Haymarket Square.
May 4, 1927 -- a streetcar jumped its tracks and crashed into the monument.
1928 -- the city restored the statue in 1928 and moved it to Union Park.
1956 -- the statue moved to a special platform overlooking the Kennedy Expressway, near its original location.
May 4, 1968 -- the statue vandalized with black paint.
October 6, 1969 -- the statue was destroyed when a bomb was placed between its legs. The statue was rebuilt, again, with a 24‑hour police guard.
1972 -- the statue moved to the lobby of the Central Police Headquarters.
1976 -- moved to the enclosed courtyard of the Chicago police academy.