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Honoring Chicago’s Founder: 200th Year Memorial of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable
August 18, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Join the DuSable Park Coalition, Chicagoans, and visitors, Saturday, August 18, 2018 for events honoring Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable (1745 – 1818), Chicago’s first non-native settler. DuSable, a man of Haitian descent, worked as a trader and entrepreneur, establishing the first settlement on the north bank of the Chicago River in 1773, the current site of Tribune Tower.
For more information, click here to view the event page, or contact Friends of the Parks at info@fotp.org.