Marsha P. Johnson

Historical marker location:

3656 North Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois

( Marker is on North Halsted Street south of Waveland Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2018

The Legacy Walk.

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893. The fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World, and it attracted over 27 million visitors from around the world.