Community Invited to Skokie’s Illinois Bicentennial Flag Raising

Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen invites the entire community to join him, members of the Village Board, Village staff and students from Lincoln Junior High School at an Illinois Bicentennial Flag Raising Ceremony on Monday, December 4, 2017 from 12 to 12:20 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Skokie Village Hall, 5127 Oakton Street, Skokie.

Skokie joins numerous other Illinois counties and communities also holding Illinois Bicentennial flag raising ceremonies at noon on December 4. The ceremonies kick-off a yearlong, state-wide bicentennial celebration leading up to the December 3, 2018, Illinois Bicentennial anniversary. For more information on the State of Illinois Bicentennial celebration, visit www.illinois200.com.

For information on the Village of Skokie December 4, 2017 Illinois Bicentennial Flag Raising Ceremony, contact info@skokie.org or call the Village Manager's Office at 847-933-8257.