Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
For many decades, since the early ’70s, there was a grandiose celebration for Mexican Independence Day in downtown Chicago; a majestic parade and a ceremony the night of Sept. 15 in Grant Park ...
The 2019 Independence Day parade in Washington, D.C. Held since 1785, the Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island, is the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States. [38] Since 1868, Seward, Nebraska, has held a celebration on the same town square. In 1979 Seward was designated "America's Official Fourth ...
The West Side is home to the Puerto Rican Parade and Festival or Fiestas Puertorriqueñas held annually along Division Street and Paseo Boricua in Humboldt Park. The new Chicago Westside Music Festival occurs annually in Garfield Park. [60] Festa Italiana occurs every year in Little Italy, near the location of the Taste of Greektown.
The details of the beginning of the riot are disputed. It began in Humboldt Park on June 4, 1977, after the Puerto Rican Day Parade. [19] The festivities are misattributed in some print news as a celebration for "Puerto Rican Independence Day". [20] [16] Violence began around 6 o'clock in the evening and lasted until around midnight. [16]
Independence Park, officially Park #83 of the Chicago Park District, is a 7.16-acre (2.90 ha) recreational area in the Irving Park neighborhood of North Side, Chicago, Illinois. [ 2 ] First opened in 1914, the park has been the traditional location of Independence Day celebrations for Irving Park residents since 1903.
File:20070530 Miro - Miro's Chicago (1).JPG; File:20070530 Miro - Miro's Chicago.JPG; File:20070530 Moore - Large Interior Form.JPG; File:20070530 Moose (02-03).JPG; File:20070605 BFFerguson Fountain of the Great Lakes.JPG; File:20070605 Smith - Cubi VII.JPG; File:20070605 South McCormick Court Fountains.JPG; File:20070621 Crown Fountain Glass ...
The Chicago Pride Parade is held on the last Sunday in June, so the weather is usually warm. The average high temperature at O'Hare Airport for the parade day since 1970 is 83 degrees; the average low is 61 degrees; and 22% of parade days have seen measurable precipitation. The warmest pride parade was 99 degrees in 1983, and the wettest pride ...