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Bahamas Independence Picnic Held in Chicago
By Oswald Brown
Jul 14, 2016 - 4:02:50 PM

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CHICAGO, Illinois – Hon. Michael C. Fountain, Bahamas Honorary Consul to Chicago, joined local and visiting Bahamians at the annual Bahamas Association picnic at Foster Beach on Saturday, July 9, 2016, celebrating the 43rd anniversary of The Bahamas' attainment of independence from Great Britain on July 10, 1973. The Bahamas Consulate Chicago helped sponsor the picnic, which is always held the second Saturday in July and has been a cornerstone event for local Bahamians in and around the city for decades. In the second photo, Honorary Consul Fountain assists in cutting the independence birthday cake.

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