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The dichotomy of themes this holiday is surely summed up by this headline from Chicago: 69th Annual Columbus Day Parade Kicks Off Downtown; Indigenous Peoples Day Rally In Rogers Park".
Dueling events today.
The 69th annual Columbus Day parade will march down State Street Monday afternoon.
There, the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans will talk about status of the holiday, and Columbus statues that have been removed from around Chicago.
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