Chicago’s Big ‘171st’

By Shawn Allee
Chicago’s Big ‘171st’
This year, bakers of Chicago's birthday cake chose a classical theme.
Chicago’s Big ‘171st’
This year, bakers of Chicago's birthday cake chose a classical theme.

Chicago’s Big ‘171st’

By Shawn Allee
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The City of Chicago’s getting up there—at least according to the number scrawled across its official birthday cake. The city was incorporated on March 4, 1837. We sent reporter Shawn Allee to the city’s birthday bash at the Chicago History Museum.