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The 126th edition of Whoop-Up Days kicked off Tuesday after a parade, with people lining up outside the Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre before the gates opened at noon.

Brian Ernst/Sun-Times We rename things all the time. Outside of the Chicago area, Lake Shore Drive is not that well known. It’s not like it’s Broadway, Wall Street, Sunset Boulevard, Madison Avenue or Fifth Avenue. If we’re going to honor Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, then let’s do it right. No second class or Jim Crow honor. A statue that you could put in somebody’s basement? Programming on the Riverwalk? Please, who’s going to pay attention to that? And if we going to rename an ex...