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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Andy Grimm

Ceremony at Logan statue commemorates Memorial Day

Veteran soldiers salute after the wreath laying ceremony during the 26th Annual Major General John A. Logan Memorial Day Commemoration. Monday, May 30, 2022. | Brian Rich/Sun-Times

On a warm, sunny Memorial Day, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and a small gathering of veterans and their families laid wreaths at the base of the statue of Maj. Gen. John A Logan.

The hour-long ceremony Monday marked the first time Lightfoot attended the small-scale commemoration since 2019 — though the event continued the last two years without official sanction from the city because of pandemic restrictions. The mayor gave a brief speech before ascending the small hill to lay a wreath at the base of the Logan monument.

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