Vow to keep his memory alive
It doesn’t seem like 38 years have passed since Mayor Harold Washington died in his City Hall office at 11 a.m. on November 25, 1987, shortly after leaving Alderman Timothy C. Evans’ townhouse groundbreaking ceremony.
Fittingly, Monday’s wreath-laying ceremony was also held at 11 a.m., the same hour Washington, 65, suffered a fatal heart attack while sitting at his desk. Known as a tireless worker and a true public servant, Washington died doing what he loved most—working for the people of Chicago…