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Relief Map of Palestine is Feature of Field Memorial

October 16, 1930
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A historical garden in connection with the Eugene Field Memorial at the Church of the Holy Comforter in Kenilworth, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, will have as its central feature a relief map of Palestine.

The map, said to be the second of its kind in the United States, is laid out on the ground on a concrete base and constructed of plant rock. It embraces the territory from thirty miles below the Dead Sea northward to Mount Hermon. It shows in detail the whole Jordan valley, the Dead Sea, the mountains of the territory, and, when completed will indicate the location of the cities of Biblical interest, including Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Bethany, etc. Stones brought back recently from points of interest in Palestine by Dr. Herbert L. Willet, pastor of the Kenilworth Union Church, will be incorporated in the garden, indicating the various locations. Running water will indicate the location of principal rivers and lakes of the region.

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