KLASEY: Prayers, parades and a pageant
On Sunday, June 21, 1953, the Kankakee Centennial celebration kicked off a week of activities featuring parades, theater, dances, a time capsule and more.
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170 years later: 'Kankakee Day' celebrates founding of county seat in 1853
On June 21, 1853, the town known as Kankakee Depot was voted the official county seat for the newly founded Kankakee County. Shortly thereafter, city landmarks such as the courthouse
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KLASEY: A mighty big birthday party
The one-hundredth birthday of Kankakee had celebration with a week of event-packed days, from June 21 through June 27, 1953, where Kankakeeans and throngs of visitors “partied hard.”
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