A monument on the Midway Plaisance honors a man who was both a professor in Chicago and a president in Europe. We find out more in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

• For more information about the film Accidental Army: The True Story of the Czechoslovak Legion visit the Czech Legion Project; You'll also find more information there on what the Czech Legion Project calls "the most amazing story you never heard."
• More on the Cregier fire hydrant