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The Balbo monument near Soldier Field and the Gold Star Families Park and Memorial in Chicago on Aug. 17, 2017.
Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune
The Balbo monument near Soldier Field and the Gold Star Families Park and Memorial in Chicago on Aug. 17, 2017.
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The Balbo monument was a gift to Chicago from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Periodically, there is a call to remove it — and rename Balbo Street — and now, because of the movement to remove Confederate statues, the possibility is looking more likely than it has in a long time.