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Bicentennial mood frames Independence Day rethink
The piece notes renewed interest in American history with July celebrations and a nationwide festival theme. It mentions the Friendship Club of St Bernardine Church celebrating its second anniversary with a June luncheon, plus Kiwanis and Forest Park events such as a picnic at National Woods and Night at Comiskey Park plans.
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Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
John Adams
Abigail
Adams
America
Forest Park
United States
Friendship Club of
St. Bernardine’s Church
Homer’s Restaurant
Arthur Broenen
Ann Mack
Friendship Club
Broenen
John Sharkey
Mary Plotzke
Jo Cosentino
Joe Barone
Nellie Mohr
Mary Meola
Agnes Lovejoy
Celestine Becket
Frances Sharkey
Mack
Cosentino
Phelan
William Steinhauser
St. Bernardine’s
Jim McCoy
Howard Mohr
Springfield
North Riverside
Kiwanis Club
National Woods
Kiwanis
Comiskey Park
Ron Haddad
St. Bernardine
John Wenzel
Nielson
Homer's Restaurant
Jean Phelan
Gil Carlson
Forest Park National Bank
Madison St
White Sox
Comisky Park