UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY: Celebrations throughout North America

Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.- Gov. George H. Ryan proclaimed August 24 as Ukrainian Independence Day in Illinois in recognition of Ukraine's 10th anniversary of independence.

In a proclamation issued back on July 25, the governor noted Ukrainian Americans' "significant role in the progress of Illinois" and their "significant contributions to the advancement of the arts, sciences, business, medicine and education to our state and its citizens."

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 7, 2001, No. 40, Vol. LXIX

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