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Occupants of cars on the ramp leading to Lake Shore Drive from the Stevenson Expressway view a spectacular fireworks display coming from Soldier Field on July 4, 1969.
Occupants of cars on the ramp leading to Lake Shore Drive from the Stevenson Expressway view a spectacular fireworks display coming from Soldier Field on July 4, 1969.
Flags fly from every house in the 7100 block of South Wabash Avenue on July 4, 1961. In the foreground are, from left, Elmer Myer, Sybil Myer, and Mrs. Ernest Wash with her children Paula, 2, and Lonnie, 1. Myer was a veteran and the vice president of the block club responsible for the flags.
Flags fly from every house in the 7100 block of South Wabash Avenue on July 4, 1961. In the foreground are, from left, Elmer Myer, Sybil Myer, and Mrs. Ernest Wash with her children Paula, 2, and Lonnie, 1. Myer was a veteran and the vice president of the block club responsible for the flags.
A person portraying a Fort Dearborn frontiersman fires a Kentucky rifle during the Chicago Park District's Independence Day celebration at the Chicago Historical Society at Clark Street and North Avenue on July 4, 1970.
A person portraying a Fort Dearborn frontiersman fires a Kentucky rifle during the Chicago Park District’s Independence Day celebration at the Chicago Historical Society at Clark Street and North Avenue on July 4, 1970.
The Spirit of '76 was evident as Mark Presmyk, 10, from left, Peter Kroll, 13, and Donald Luptak, 12, led the children's Fourth of July Parade on Byron Street, from Central Avenue to Austin Avenue, on July 4, 1964, in Chicago.
The Spirit of ’76 was evident as Mark Presmyk, 10, from left, Peter Kroll, 13, and Donald Luptak, 12, led the children’s Fourth of July Parade on Byron Street, from Central Avenue to Austin Avenue, on July 4, 1964, in Chicago.
Children buy fireworks June 28, 1936, in preparation for their Fourth of July celebration.
Children buy fireworks June 28, 1936, in preparation for their Fourth of July celebration.
The Mooseheart student band marches during the 42nd annual Loyal Order of Moose convention on July 4, 1930, in Mooseheart. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis spoke at the event, which merged with a Fourth of July celebration, where he “emphasized the influence of the Spirit of ’76 on American life today, and expressed an optimistic view of the country’s future,” the Tribune reported. A crowd of 30,000 attended the holiday celebration.
Jerilynn Zamco, 3, and her grandfather, George Fricek, watch the Fourth of July Parade in Brookfield on July 4, 1968.
Jerilynn Zamco, 3, and her grandfather, George Fricek, watch the Fourth of July Parade in Brookfield on July 4, 1968.
The barbecue scene at Lincoln Park on July 4, 1978.
The barbecue scene at Lincoln Park on July 4, 1978.