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June 3, 1891: A bronze statue of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States and a Civil War hero, is dedicated at Grant Park in Galena

Naturalist Edwin Way Teale, the namesake of Teale Woods Preserve in Joliet, is born in Joliet

June 1, 2014: A state law legalizing gay marriage goes into effect

May 31, 1856: Charles Sumner Frost, the architect who designed Chicago’s famed Navy Pier, is born

May 30, 1930: The John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago opens to visitors

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