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3447 North Halsted, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Hi Again!!!
As most of you know i am travellign to Chicago in November.
I have jsut realised that we will be ther eon Wednesday that is remembrance day.
Do Chicago celebrate this on teh wednesday or do they celkebrate on the weekend prior.
If they do celebrate what is the usual run of things?
Thanks
In the US, we call it "Veterans Day" - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day
It looks like Chicago had a number of events in 2009, but I am having trouble pulling up stuff for this year...
BIll
yeah me to thats why i asked.....hmm, well will keep looking
We call it Veteran's Day in the US and most of us have to work that day, it is only a holiday for Federal employees which only affects visitors if they need to go to the post office, I don't even think banks close that day. Museums will be open, shops will be open, restaurants will be open.
The only mention I saw of a parade for last year started at 35th and Martin Luther King Drive which is not a neighborhood that is central nor one that tourists hang out in.
We honor our veterans more on the 4th of July which is a national holiday and for those who died on Memorial Day at the end of May.
Pick up a newspaper that morning and you should find a mention of any events for the day, the Chicago Tribune usually has a little box in the local section that says what's closed and if there are any parades but I suspect there won't be any easy for you to get to.
It's not listed on downtown parades for the rest of the year
http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/supporting_narrative/events___special_events/events/mose/downtown_parades.html
Nor on neighborhood parades so it's not an official city parade, more likely a local veterans group would sponsor it
http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/supporting_narrative/events___special_events/events/mose/neighborhood_parades.html
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
found this
http://www.vetfriends.com/parades/directory.cfm?state=IL
seems like everythingis on the weekend before we arrive.
thats ok, thanks everyone
Every St. Patricks Day the city of Chicago holds a large parade and dyes the Chicago River green in honor of the holiday. Celebrate along the parade route with a mug of green beer. I was in Chicago in 1991 when the movie "The Fugitive" staring Harrison Ford was being filmed. I was watching the St. Patrick's Day parade. Unfortunatly I didn't get in the movie but it was pretty cool just to be there.
You MUST find your way to the Clark & Belmont area. It's an area in which many different kinds of people hang out, shop, eat at cafes and just generally have a good time. Walk just two short blocks east and three or four blocks north on Halsted Street and you'll find yourself in Boystown, Chicago's gay & lesbian neighorhood. One of my favorite restaurants in Chicago, The Chicago Diner, is there. Other places you must visit include the Art Institute, the Field Museum, Buckingham Fountain & the Lake Shore Drive bike path. Oh this is hard... Stumbling home from the clubs with everyone alert and walking around at 2am like it was 2pm. Gay Pride '99? The parade that year was amazing. Going to the Taste (of Chicago) and seeing the fireworks with a huge group of my friends. Venetian night is fun... Go the the festivals, and you are almost guaranteed a good time. Chicago knows how to party.
In many cities around the world accessibility is often an issue for many different groups of individuals including seniors and those with physical handicaps. Over the past dozen years I have become more aware of the problems that less mobile people must tackle on a daily basis when trying to get from one place to another. Somethings that many of us take for granted (walking up stairs, getting into a car, crossing the street) are sometimes difficult if not impossible to handle if you are physically disabled.
When Sue captured this picture of Buckingham Fountain the other evening I noticed that even though it may be a little run down at least crossing this street in Chicago has handicap accessibility. Although I don't pretend to know very much about the problems of getting around being physically able to, if you are in Chicago and need some information check out the website below for some information to help you on your way. For more information on getting around Chicago or activities if you are disabled go to this website for http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Disabilities&entityNameEnumValue=11
Jane Addams was born in 1860 in Cedarville, IL, and died in 1935 in Chicago. She founded Hull House, a settlement house, in Chicago in 1889, which is located at 800 S. Halsted St., the University of Illinois at Chicago East Campus. The Hull House provided a variety of services for families living in poverty. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, which was the first Nobel Pease Prize given to an American woman.
Although Addams was not officially a sociologist, she worked closely with sociologists from the University of Chicago (the Chicago School). For example, she collaborated with George Herbert Mead, a Chicago School sociologist/psychologist on various social concerns. She wrote a paper entitled “Twenty Years at Hull House” in 1912. In the book, she describes her experience working with poor working class families.
Interestingly, her work was considered to be more of social work and the University of Illinois, School of Social Work was named after her. Any yet, recent years, sociology students learn and talk about her work as an important part of the history of American sociology. Jane Addams was a member of the NAACP, and the first vice-president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
The Hall House Website: http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/
This Chicago Architecture Foundation runs great tours of the city's architecture and neighborhoods. It also sponsors other programs as well and has a wonderful headquarters/store at 224 S. Michigan Ave.
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It's a great place to stop for several reasons. When you buy some from their store you are supporting a great cause and you also get to visit one of the city's great buildings -- The Santa Fe Railway Exchange.
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http://architecture.org/
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