City Celebrations
One of the things that amazed me was that he enjoyed every event. It could be the one-hundredth parade of the year and you would think that it truly was the first one. He loved people. He loved parades. He loved the excitement. He loved his job.
Patricia Daley-Martino, daughter of Richard J. Daley, interview excerpt, June 12, 2002
Parades and special events
A small sample of the hundreds of special events attended by Mayor Daley:Entertainers and celebrities
Dignitaries
The [United States] State Department and other people always knew that they could bring people to Chicago. That was because they would get the best reception of all, the most lavish dinners, and the biggest parades. That was because they knew they could count on Richard J. Daley to put on a good performance. With New York, there was the first time around with the astronauts, sure. But then, after the second, third, and fourth ones, they didn’t. Chicago always still got them because we still put on a good show. He just loved showing off his city.
Ed Bedore, City Budget Director, May 18, 2009
Queen Elizabeth II visits Chicago
In July 1959, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visited Chicago as part of a tour to celebrate the opening of the St. Lawrence seaway:More scenes from the Queen's visit:
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- Interview transcript: Ed Bedore, May 18, 2009
- Interview transcript: Patricia Daley-Martino, June 12, 2002
- Frank Sinatra says Chicago is "my kind of town," 1975
- Jimmy Durante letter to Mayor Daley, 1976
- Instructions for visit of Japanese Emperor Hirohito to Chicago, 1975
- Program for Willy Brandt's visit to Chicago, 1961
- Map of docking area for Queen Elizabeth II's arrival in Chicago, 1959
- Mayor Daley, Eleanor Daley, Bishop Marcinkus, and Pope Paul VI, 1960s
- Mayor Daley wtih Muhammad Ali, 1970s
- Bob Hope and Mayor Daley, 1972-1976
- Mayor Daley, Charles Percy, and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, 1975
- Bobby Vinton and Mayor Daley, 1975
- Mayor Daley and Isreal Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, circa 1960s
- Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Chicago, 1959