Federal buildings, courthouses, and other properties administered by the General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). To support that mission, FPS contracts with private security firms to provide 15,000 contract Armed Protective Security Officers (...
The erection of a two-story frame courthouse started a county seat fight that lasted 20 years. No vote was taken until 1874 when the Town of Union won the contest. Then the citizens of Union descended on La Grande, forcibly appropriated the county records, and carted them home. Ten ...
The nearby Dirksen Courthouse at Dearborn and Jackson streets was the site of the Chicago 7 trial. The famous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline was written in the Tribune Tower. The Chicago Hilton was the backdrop for the Battle of Michigan Avenue between protesters and C...
in turn, sued her for defamation. And at one point during the drawn-out financial portion of the divorce, she sat outside the Chicago courthouse with a cardboard sign that read, "NBA Miami Heat star, mother of his children on the streets." (She was later...
At Sussex Court House the nude bodies of half a dozen Union soldiers were reportedly found lying on the courthouse grounds, while another dead Federal had been discovered pinned to the ground by a stake driven through his mouth. Enraged by these horrific scenes, the Union men began torching ...