Bud Billiken Parade marks 97 years of tradition, bringing generations together
<p>As a young girl, Valerie Cadenhead remembers walking with her family to the Bud Billiken Parade.</p><p>Now, the iconic parade passes just steps from her home in Grand Boulevard, and Cadenhead’s family has continued the tradition with the next generation, marking the start of the new school year.</p><p>“It’s a tradition that we can pass down and it gives us stories to pass down,” said Cadenhead, 67, who's now a teacher herself.</p><p>Cadenhead and her family were among hundreds who gathered along Martin Luther King Drive on the South Side to watch the parade step off Saturday morning. </p><p>In its 97th year, the Bud Billiken is one of the largest and longest-running parades in the country.
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<p>As a young girl, Valerie Cadenhead remembers walking with her family to the Bud Billiken Parade.</p><p>Now, the iconic parade passes just steps from her home in Grand Boulevard, and Cadenhead’s family has continued the tradition with the next generation, marking the start of the new school year.</p><p>“It’s a tradition that we can pass down and it gives us stories to pass down,” said Cadenhead, 67, who's now a teacher herself.</p><p>Cadenhead and her family were among hundreds who gathered along Martin Luther King Drive on the South Side to watch the parade step off Saturday morning. </p><p>In its 97th year, the Bud Billiken is one of the largest and longest-running parades in the country. Founded in 1929 by Robert Sengstacke Abbott, publisher and founder of the African American newspaper the Chicago Defender, the parade was created to celebrate Black children and their achievements.</p><p>The parade features marching bands, floats, dance teams, community organizations and youth groups. The route, roughly two miles long, starts at Pershing Road and heads south down King Drive toward Washington Park, ending at Garfield Boulevard.</p><p>Gov.
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- <p>As a young girl, Valerie Cadenhead remembers walking with her family to the Bud Billiken Parade.</p><p>Now, the iconic parade passes just steps from her home in Grand Boulevard, and Cadenhead’s family has continued the tradition with the next generation, marking the start of the new school year.</p><p>“It’s a tradition that we can pass down and it gives us stories to pass down,” said Cadenhead, 67, who's now a teacher herself.</p><p>Cadenhead and her family were among hundreds who gathered along Martin Luther King Drive on the South Side to watch the parade step off Saturday morning. </p><p>In its 97th year, the Bud Billiken is one of the largest and longest-running parades in the country.
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