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This week is one of our favorites. Chicago turns 189, it’s Women’s History Month, and you can finally feel that little hint of spring in the air. There was no way we were skipping a celebration of Chicago’s birthday — so we did what we love most: dove!Sources Ellsworth Kelly's "I Will"https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_s_publicartellsworthkellysiwill.h.html Origin of the “I Will” Womanhttps://chicagology.com/columbiaexpo/fair081/ October 9, 1893—Chicago Dayhttps://chicagology.com/columbiaexpo/fair001/#:~:text=On%20the%20night%20of%20October,adopted%20by%20a%20narrow%20majorityRichard Hunt Statue https://publicartarchive.org/art/We-Will/e0b536f4 Defense Sculpture https://chicagopublicart.blogspot.com/2013/09/defense-regeneration-pioneers.html Chicago's "I Will" Motto and "Y" Municipal Device Historyhttps://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2017/05/chicagos-i-will-motto-and-y-municipal.html CITY SPURNS ITS OLD SYMBOLS; HAS `I WILL’ BECOME `I WANT?’https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/11/09/city-spurns-its-old-symbols-has-i-will-become-i-want/ Chicago Marks Century Since It Became a Cityhttps://www.nytimes.com/1937/03/05/archives/chicago-marks-century-since-it-became-a-city.html Timeline: Early Chicago Historyhttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chicago-timeline/ Charter Day, March 4, 1937https://chicagology.com/charterday/ Send a textSupport the showAlso, catch Dario on the new season of Netflix's "High On the Hog"
