Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, was laid out in 1849 in a park-like, rural setting away from the center of the city. The cemetery was designed by P. T. Barnum, who himself is buried there. Notables interred here include: The cemetery includes a Civil War monument, Pro Patria. The granite stele monument with bronze plaque, raised in 1906 by the Bridgeport Elias Howe Grand Army of the Republic post and the State of Connecticut, is dedicated "IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DID NOT RETURN". The monument, by the Bridgeport sculptor Paul Winters Morris (1865–1916) includes
Bridgeport, Illinois The per capita income for the city was $12,960. About 13.0% of families and 17.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.6% of those under age 18 and 13.9% of those age 65 or over. The Red Hill Jr High School Lady Salukis 2008 Softball team went to the Illinois state championship and placed second. In 1960 Bridgeport High School had a total school enrollment of only 385. That year the boys team advanced to the State of Illinois IHSA basketball tournament finals to face a much larger Chicago team, John Marshall. At the time Illinois, like