From a reader:

Jonah, I live in the River North area of Chicago. My parents are in town so we did some sightseeing. Did you know the Wrigley Building was the first air conditioned office building? Anyway, what really caught my eye was when I was walking with my Dad around the new Solider Field. On the lake side we ran into a very old column. It had this inscription. THIS COLUMN
TWENTY CENTURIES OLD
ERECTED ON THE SHORES OF OSTIA
PORT OF IMPERIAL ROME
TO SAFEGUARD THE FORTUNES AND VICTORIES
OF THE ROMAN TRIREMES
FASCIST ITALY BY COMMAND OF BENITO MUSSOLINI
PRESENTS TO CHICAGO
EXALTATION SYMBOL MEMORIAL
OF THE ATLANTIC SQUADRON LED BY BALBO
THAT WITH ROMAN DARING FLEW ACROSS THE OCEAN
IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR
OF THE FASCIST ERA This column was gift from Mussolini to be displayed at the 1933 World’s Fair. http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/03/streetworthy_th.html http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM38GC My Dad laughed & said when he was a kid he remembered that his Uncle flirted with Fascism. Then he got beat up by a group of Fascists. After that, he decided Fascism was just an excuse for angry guys to punch your light out.