4th of July Activities In/Around the 41st Ward

July 4^th

Oriole Park Community Club’s Independence Day Parade 7500 W Byrn Mawr 9:30 am

The Oriole Park Community Club’s Independence Day Parade will step-off at 9:30 a.m. Alderman Mary O’Connor will be the Grand Marshal of the 2012 Parade. Children of all ages in Oriole Park are invited to participate in the Parade. They are encouraged to decorate their bicycles in patriotic colors. Parents can accompany their children in the Parade. The parade route is Bryn Mawr Avenue west to Oriole Avenue, Oriole south to Berwyn Avenue, Berwyn east to Olcott Avenue, and Olcott north to the park. Parade watchers are encouraged to turn out along the route to enjoy this festive event. The parade will assemble at 9:00 a.m. at 7500 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., at the north end of the park.

July 4^th

Community Parade North Mayfair Improvement Association Gompers Park

We will gather in the Gompers Park tennis court parking lot, and start the walk off promptly at 9:30am. Please arrive at 9am so no one is left out of the procession. We will travel Southbound on Keeler, Westbound on Argyle, and finally Northbound on Kostner to the Palmer Elementary School basketball courts. We will have games, activities, and refreshments for the children after the parade. Please remember the event is free, and the kids will have a lot of fun.

The NMIA looks forward to seeing all of you at this wonderful annual event. Don’t forget to have all the children decorate their bikes, strollers, or wagons with festive red, white, and blue. Anyone that cannot participate, or no longer has young children, please come out and cheer on all of our neighborhood children as they walk along our parade route. Your help would be greatly appreciated. For those of you that have already contacted Maria about volunteering, we will be having a meeting sometime in early June. Students in need of service hours are welcome. If anyone is interested in volunteering, please contact Maria by phone or email above as soon as possible.

July 4^th

Community Parade Edgebrook Community Association.

Edgebrook Community Association will host its Fourth of July Parade through the neighborhood. This year’s theme is “Let Freedom Ring.” The parade Grand Marshal is Glenn Nadig, publisher of Nadig Newspapers. It will step off from Edgebrook School on Central at 11 am. From there, it will head south on Central, west on Devon, north on Leigh, and northwest on Hiawatha to Wildwood Park.

July 4^th

Community Parade Forest Glen Community Club

The Forest Glen Community Club’s Fourth of July Parade. This year’s theme is “America – The Melting Pot.” The parade steps off at 10 am from Cicero and Berwyn. From there, it proceeds west to LaPorte, north to Balmoral, west to Lawler, and then north to Bryn Mawr.