Illinois Baha'i Community Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Temple Construction

June 3, 2003

Source: Baha'i World News

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story.cfm?storyid=218

On June 3, 2003 the Baha'i World News reported that "in ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Baha'i House of Worship [IL] in May, participants spoke of the building's beautiful and unique design and of the great sacrifices that were made to see it realized... 'It was such a dream of the Baha'is of the world to build this temple,' said Fariborz Sahba, telling of how contributions, many of them very small, came in from Baha'is in many nations in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s, when the building's main structure was erected... An architect himself, and designer of the Baha'i House of Worship in India, Mr. Sahba gave the keynote address at the official 50th anniversary commemoration at the Temple on 17 May 2003."