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The exhibit, Clearing a Path For Democracy: Citizen Soldiers of the Fighting Eighth in World War I, tells the story of the 8th Infantry Illinois National Guard (the Fighting Eighth) from 1895 to 1941. Photo: Katherine Newman

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DuSable Museum Opens New Exhibit About Illinois Fighting Eighth

The DuSable Museum of African American History recently opened a new exhibit, Clearing a Path For Democracy: Citizen Soldiers of the Fighting Eighth in World War I. The exhibit tells the story of the 8th Infantry Illinois National Guard (the Fighting Eighth) from 1895 to 1941.