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Peller, Rice-Minoso honorary grand marshals
2015-08-09
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago President/CEO John Peller and local LGBT figure ( and former Windy City Times 30 Under 30 honoree ) Charlie Rice-Minoso were among the honorary grand marshals of the annual Bud Billiken Parade.
The South Side eventone of the largest parades in Chicagotakes place the second Saturday of each August. The starting point is at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Oakwood Boulevard, and ends at Garfield Boulevard ( 55th Street ) and Ellsworth Drive.
The parade's website states that the parade is named after the Billiken, the guardian angel of all children, according to Chinese legend. The event is the brainchild of Robert Sengstacke Abbottalso the founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper.
The 2015 parade grand marshal was Roy Austin, deputy assistant to the president for urban sffairs, justice and opportunity at the White House's Domestic Policy Council. |
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