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Father Michael Pfleger takes a moment while addressing a weekly March to End Gun Violence on the bloody streets of the South Side of Chicago to defend Governor Pat Quinn against partisan accusations regarding a federal investigation of funds used for a 2010 initiative to combat violence in Illinois.

"Republicans have long contended Quinn's anti-violence program was a slush fund the governor used to gin up votes in heavily Democratic districts ahead of a tight election in 2010, and have sought to capitalize on the issue as Quinn faces Republican challenger Bruce Rauner on the November ballot.
Democrats, including Quinn, have acknowledged problems but said the program had good intentions."
Chicago Tribune http://articles.chicagotribune.com/20...

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Checkerboard Field / Maywood Airmail Field
Hines Field, Broadview, IL

Miller Meadows picnic area
RC model air field
Two surviving hangers at Hines VA
Tripp Ave. & Airmail Road on Hines VA grounds,
built along the original runways at Maywood Airmail Field

"In 1919, a company called Society Brand Clothes bought land on the east side of First Avenue between Roosevelt & Cermak Roads, (in what now is Miller Meadow, a field now used by radio controlled model pilots),..

"In 1923, a new field was built on the west side of First Avenue, south of Roosevelt Road, on the grounds of Edward Hines Memorial Hospital. The new Checkerboard Air Mail Field received Chicago's air mail from Cleveland and Omaha, and Maywood was the main repair & overhaul center for the entire air mail service, which continued to expand to other cities. It was also called Maywood Air Mail Field at this time...

"On April 15, 1926, Charles Lindbergh, the chief pilot for Robertson Aircraft Corporation's Chicago-to-St. Louis airmail route took off from Maywood on the service's inaugural flight to St. Louis"

Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:
Illinois: Central Chicago area
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/IL/A...

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The Story Behind Dyeing the River
by Dan O'Leary, courtesy ChicagoStPatsParade.com

A modern day miracle occurs each year as part of the St. Patrick's Day Parade celebration when the Chicago River turns an incredible shade of Irish green. This spectacular transformation ranks right up there with the parting of the sea by Moses and the Pyramids of Egypt.

For the past 43 years the Chicago River turns green for the St. Patrick's Day Parade celebration. One would ask how this is different from the rest of the year when the river is always a murky shade of green. The difference is both significant and breathtaking because the color green is identical to the greens of Ireland from where it got its name "The Emerald Isle."

In 1961 Stephen Bailey was approached by a plumber who was wearing some white coveralls, they knew this only because they could see some of the original color. These coveralls had been mostly stained or dyed a perfect shade of green, an Irish green to better describe it. It was when Stephen Bailey asked how the coveralls got this way, that they discovered that the dye used to detect leaks into the river turned green, not just any color green, but the perfect color green. "A tradition is born"
http://greenchicagoriver.com/story.html

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