How to Get to Chicago's Fireworks Celebration Along the Lakefront This Weekend
Due to continued COVID-19 mitigations, face coverings are required on all CTA bus and train lines. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the July 3 fireworks are meant to kick off Independence Day weekend, as well as celebrate Chicago's reopening. "Putting on a grandiose fireworks display to celebrate both our city's reopening and Independence Day is an excellent way to kick off the summer we've all been waiting for," said Lightfoot in a statement. "Thanks to the hard work of our residents, who followed public health guidelines and did their part to slow and stop the spread of COVID-19, we are now able ...