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East St. Louis festival on Sunday will celebrate city’s history and Illinois bicentennial

(St. Louis Public Radio) – East St. Louis will celebrate its own rich history on Sunday as it joins about a dozen Illinois cities holding celebrations to mark the state’s bicentennial. The East St. Louis Heritage Festival at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center will note the 200th anniversary of the state’s first constitution, signed in Kaskaskia on Aug. […]

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