Editing Fort Dearborn (section)

==Legacy and monuments==
[[File:Old Fort Dearborn, erected at the mouth of Chicago River for defence against the Indians (NYPL Hades-118858-55009).jpg|thumb|right|Fort Dearborn in 1853]]
The southern perimeter of Fort Dearborn was located at what is now the intersection of [[Wacker Drive]] and [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]] in the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]] [[Community areas of Chicago|community area]] of Chicago along the [[Magnificent Mile]]. Part of the fort outline is marked by [[Commemorative plaque|plaque]]s, and a line embedded in the sidewalk and road near the [[Michigan Avenue Bridge]] and [[Wacker Drive]]. A few boards from the old fort were retained and are now in the [[Chicago History Museum]] in [[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]].

[[First Presbyterian Church (Chicago)]], the longest continuously-operating institution in Chicago was founded in the carpentry shop of Fort Dearborn on June 26, 1833 and today is located in [[Woodlawn, Chicago]]<ref>Eyre, Ethel. A History of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 1933-1941. Works Progress Administration</ref>

On March 5, 1899, the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' publicized a [[Chicago Historical Society]] replica of the original fort.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11295.html| title="Replica of the Original Fort Dearborn," Chicago Tribune, 5 March 1899| access-date=2011-12-30| encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Chicago]]| publisher=[[Chicago Historical Society]]}}</ref>

In 1933, at the [[Century of Progress|Century of Progress Exhibition]], a detailed replica of Fort Dearborn was erected as a fair exhibit.<ref>{{cite book | title = Fair Management. The Story of a Century of Progress | url = https://archive.org/details/fairmanagement00lohrrich |author = Lohr, Lenox R. |publisher = The Cuneo Press | year = 1952 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Rebuilding Old Fort Tests Engineers' Skill|journal=Popular Mechanics|date=January 1931| volume=55| issue=1| pages=48–49| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reMDAAAAMBAJ&q=Popular+Mechanics+1931+curtiss&pg=RA1-PA48| access-date=2011-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11278.html| title=Reproduction of Fort Dearborn at the Century of Progress Exposition, 1933| access-date=2011-12-30| encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Chicago]]| publisher=[[Chicago Historical Society]]}}</ref> As part of the celebration, both a United States one-cent [[postage stamp]] and a [[souvenir sheet]] (containing 25 of the stamps) were issued, showing the fort. The individual stamp and sheet were reprinted when [[Postmaster General]] [[James A. Farley]] gave [[imperforate]]d examples of these, and other stamps, to his friends. Because of the ensuing public outcry, millions of copies of "Farley's Follies" were printed and sold.

In 1939, the Chicago City Council added a fourth star to the [[Flag of Chicago|city flag]] to represent Fort Dearborn. This star is depicted as the left-most, or first, star of the flag.<ref>{{cite web | title = Municipal Flag of Chicago | publisher = Chicago Public Library | year = 2009 | url = http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/symbols/flag.php | access-date = 2009-03-04}}</ref>

The site of the fort was designated a [[Chicago Landmark]] on September 15, 1971.<ref name=CL>{{cite web| url=http://webapps1.chicago.gov/landmarksweb/web/landmarkdetails.htm?lanId=1307| title=Site of Fort Dearborn| publisher=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Commission on Chicago Landmarks| year=2020| access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref>

An elementary school in the [[Chicago Public Schools]] system is named after Fort Dearborn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cps.edu/schools/schoolprofiles/fort-dearborn|title = School Details Page &#124; Chicago Public Schools}}</ref>