Itasca to hold annual Memorial Day Parade May 31 Itasca Memorial Day parade map Courtesy of Village of Itasca
Updated 5/20/2021 5:20 PM
Itasca s annual Memorial Day Parade will step off at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 31. It will start be at the Metra commuter lot at Irving Park Road (Route 19) heading north on Maple Street. The route has been extended and will be on the north side and south side of town. See the route map at www.itasca.com.
The parade will look a little different this year. All participants will be in a vehicle or on a float. A memorial service will be held immediately following the parade at Wesley G. Usher Memorial Park, 200 S. Walnut St.
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CHICAGO â Close your eyes and you can see the legacy of Raimund F. âRayâ Lotter, native son of Wurzburg, Germany, longtime adopted Santa of sorts to Chicago. You can see the strands of white lights strung throughout the Daley Center. You can see the market stalls. You can smell the potato pancakes and feel the bracing cold of December in Chicago.
Twenty-five years ago, Lotter organized the first Christkindlmarket in Chicago. He died Sunday at 83. Look inside your cabinets â if youâre from the Chicago area, thereâs a chance you own one, two, maybe 25 of those boot-shaped mugs that held hot mulled wine, a Christkindlmarket staple. Thank Ray Lotter. Each year, because of what he began in Chicago, the sweet steam from those mugs now floats along Dearborn Street each holiday season. Because of him, come winter, the Loop smells of grilled sausage.
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