Editing Grant Park (Chicago) (section)

==Events==
[[File:20070901 Chicago Jazz Festival at Petrillo Music Shell.jpg|thumb|left|200px|2007 [[Chicago Jazz Festival]] at [[Petrillo Music Shell]]]]

The park has been the site of many large civic events. It served as the staging ground for the city's [[Funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln|funeral procession]] for President [[Abraham Lincoln]] in 1865.<ref name=Amazon>{{cite book |title=Grant Park: The Evolution of Chicago's Front Yard |pages=19–21 |last=Cremin |first=Dennis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J61WnrvLZekC&q=lincoln+funeral |publisher=SIU Press |date=May 28, 2013 |isbn=978-0-8093-3252-6 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701063550/https://books.google.com/books?id=J61WnrvLZekC&q=lincoln+funeral |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1911, the park hosted the major [[1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet|Chicago International Aviation Meet]].<ref name="chicagohj2010">{{cite journal |last=Souter |first=Gerry |date=June 28, 2010 |url=http://www.chicagohistoryjournal.com/2010/06/guts-and-glory-last-great-aerial.html |title=Guts and Glory: The Last Great Aerial Tournament |journal=Chicago History Journal |access-date=November 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920202621/http://www.chicagohistoryjournal.com/2010/06/guts-and-glory-last-great-aerial.html |archive-date=September 20, 2010}}</ref> In 1913 the AAU held the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In 1959, to celebrate the opening of the [[St. Lawrence Seaway]] and a related International Trade Fair, Queen [[Elizabeth II]], disembarked here from the [[HMY Britannia|Royal Yacht ''Britannia'']], giving the park's "[[Queen's Landing]]" its name.<ref name=Queens>{{cite news |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/8744823-418/why-queens-landing.html |title=Why Queen's Landing? |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=November 10, 2011 |access-date=June 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214144052/http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/8744823-418/why-queens-landing.html |archive-date=February 14, 2013}}</ref> The park was the [[1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity|scene of clashes]] between [[Chicago Police Department|Chicago Police]] and demonstrators during the [[1968 Democratic National Convention]]. [[Pope John Paul II]] celebrated an outdoor mass to a large crowd here in 1979. Championship celebrations were staged here for the [[Chicago Bulls]] during the 1990s, and the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] after winning the [[Stanley Cup]] in 2013.<ref name=Byrne>{{cite news |title=Wet weather has Hawks rally at Soldier Field; free tickets online Wednesday |first1=John |last1=Byrne |first2=Tony |last2=Briscoe |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-blackhawks-stanley-cup-parade-20150616-story.html |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 16, 2015 |access-date=June 16, 2015 |archive-date=June 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616223158/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-blackhawks-stanley-cup-parade-20150616-story.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> The park was the location for [[Barack Obama election victory speech, 2008|President Barack Obama's Election Day victory speech]] on the night of November 4, 2008.<ref name=Hogan>{{cite news |first=Liza Kaufman |last=Hogan |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/05/chicago.reax/?iref=mpstoryview |title=Chicago's Grant Park turns into jubilation park |work=[[CNN]] |date=November 5, 2008 |access-date=November 11, 2008 |archive-date=September 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917112409/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/05/chicago.reax/?iref=mpstoryview |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, Grant Park hosted the first outdoor [[2015 NFL Draft|National Football League (NFL) draft and a related festival]].<ref name=Fischer>{{cite web |last1=Fischer |first1=Bryan |title=New, fan-friendly events planned for 2015 NFL Draft in Chicago |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/new-fan-friendly-events-planned-for-2015-nfl-draft-in-chicago-0ap3000000476415 |website=NFL.com |publisher=NFL Productions LLC |access-date=May 4, 2015 |archive-date=May 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505041647/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000476415/article/new-fanfriendly-events-planned-for-2015-nfl-draft-in-chicago |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Chicago Cubs]] held their rally for their World Series Championship win on November 4, 2016 with an estimated 5 million people attending the parade and event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161104/downtown/cubs-rally-parade-attendance-5-million |title=5 Million People Attend Cubs Rally and Parade, City Estimates |first=Heather |last=Cherone |date=November 4, 2016 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |newspaper=[[DNAInfo]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105033112/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161104/downtown/cubs-rally-parade-attendance-5-million |archive-date=November 5, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The park annually hosts some of Chicago's biggest festivals, including The [[Taste of Chicago]]—a large [[food festival|food]] and music festival held each summer;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chicagobusiness.datajoe.com/app/ecom/pub_viewhtml.php?listid=2022&year=2007&htmlkey=maM91S4hq44x |access-date=August 8, 2007 |year=2007 |work=[[Crain's Chicago Business]] |title=Chicago's Largest Festivals}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the [[Grant Park Music Festival]]; the [[Chicago Jazz Festival]]; the [[Chicago Blues Festival]]; and [[Lollapalooza]], a festival of rock concerts.<ref name=Kot>{{cite news |last=Kot |first=Greg |title=Lollapalooza promoters still searching for Chicago identity |url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2009/07/lollapalooza-promoters-still-searching-for-chicago-identity.html |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=July 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190444/http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2009/07/lollapalooza-promoters-still-searching-for-chicago-identity.html |archive-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref> The park is also the site of the start and finish lines of the [[Chicago Marathon]]. The annual [[NASCAR Cup Series|NASCAR]] [[Chicago Street Course|Chicago street race]] is held every year at Grant Park.