What is Grant Park?
[[File:Petrillo lawn.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A section of Grant Park]] '''Grant Park''' is a large city [[park]] that is in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] in the [[Chicago Loop]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Grant Park | publisher=Chicago Park District | work=Parks & Facilities | url=http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/83AA6305-ADBE-4D8A-B333-004449057EA9 | accessdate=2005-07-23 | archive-date=2006-03-20 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20060320130612/http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/83AA6305-ADBE-4D8A-B333-004449057EA9 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The Park has some special [[Tourist attraction|tourist attractions]] such as [[Buckingham Fountain]], [[Millennium Park]], [[Cloude Gate]], and the Museum Campus that holds many of Chicago's [[Museum|museums]]. The Park was originally named Lake Park until it was renamed after the 18th President of the United States and Civil War hero [[Ulysses S. Grant]] on October 9, 1901.<ref>{{cite web | title=Grant Park | publisher=A View On Cities | work=Chicago | url=http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/grantpark.htm | accessdate=2005-07-23 | archive-date=2005-08-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050817203613/http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/grantpark.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Lollapalooza]] Music Festival and [[Taste of Chicago]] are held in the Park.<ref>{{cite web | title=Grant Park | publisher=Citysearch | work=Chicago, IL, 60602 |url=http://chicago.citysearch.com/profile/11323384#editorialreview | accessdate = 2005-07-23}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category|Grant Park (Chicago)}} *[http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/22700/grant-park-the-night-obama-won Grant Park: The Night Obama Won] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108051221/http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/22700/grant-park-the-night-obama-won |date=2009-11-08 }} - image slideshow by ''[[Life magazine]]'' {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:History of Chic