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The 90th annual Chicago Thanksgiving Parade kicks off Thursday morning. The parade – featuring marching bands, floats, equestrian units and performers – travels up State Street from Ida B ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson and other city officials unveiled a summer safety plan Friday ahead of Memorial Day weekend, including increased youth programs and expanded police presence across Chicago.
In 1967, Congress made Memorial Day an official federal holiday — a paid day off — and a few years later, in 1971, lawmakers declared the holiday would be observed on the last Monday in May ...
Since 1867, Brooklyn, New York, has held an annual Memorial Day parade which it claims to be the nation's oldest. Grafton, West Virginia, and Ironton, Ohio have also had an ongoing parade since 1868. However, the Memorial Day parade in Rochester, Wisconsin, predates both the Doylestown and the Grafton parades by one year (1867). [78] [79]
The Chicago Thanksgiving Parade, "Chicago's Grand Holiday Tradition", is an annual parade produced and presented by the Chicago Festival Association (CFA). It began in 1934 and is held in downtown Chicago on State Street , every Thanksgiving morning from 8:00 am until 11:00 am CST.
On July 4, 2022, a mass shooting occurred during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. The shooting occurred at 10:14 a.m. CDT (UTC−05:00), roughly 15 minutes after the parade had started. Seven people were killed, and 48 others were wounded by bullets or shrapnel.
Two suspects are in police custody after 13 people, including a 16-year-old, were injured in a shooting at a Chicago memorial party shortly after midnight on Sunday, police say.
The U.S. president also traditionally gives a speech at Arlington's Memorial Amphitheater. Today, Americans still attend Memorial Day parades and decorate the graves of fallen soldiers — just ...