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Centennial Parade Kicks Off Berwyn's 100th Birthday Celebration
BERWYN–Mayor Michael O’Connor, city aldermen, Centennial Committee Chairman Carl Reina and 90-year Berwyn resident Warren Ritzma, who served as the Grand Marshal, led a parade of 33 floats, eight bands and thousands of participants and onlookers in celebration of the City of Berwyn’s Centennial.
A color guard provided by the City of Chicago, followed by two mounted officers, stepped off from Cermak Road and Lombard Avenue at 2 p.m. The parade featured police cars and fire equipment from surrounding communities, several antique cars, as well as bands from Berwyn’s middle schools and floats by local businesses and organizations. The parade continued along Cermak to Riverside Drive and ended at Home Avenue on the campus of Morton West High School.
