(Clearwisdom.net) Minghui reporter Xu Qingzhi reports from Chicago: July 4^th was American Independence Day. Evanston is a famous city with a long history and dense population near Chicago, where the renowned Northwestern University is located. The annual Independence Day Parade is a celebration the people here love very much. Falun Gong practitioners' participation in the past years has brought the wonderfulness of Falun Dafa to the local people. The Falun Gong contingent won No. 1 and No. 3 of the Best Float Award respectively in 2003 and 2004. Prior to the event, as the practitioner who was previously in charge the parade moved away and changed his contact information, the organization in charge of the parade went all out to find the practitioner and cordially invited Falun Gong practitioners to participate for the sixth time in this famous parade.

Though it rained heavily that day, and even though Falun Gong practitioners have attended several times and won awards for two consecutive years, practitioners were still very earnest, and tried their best to perform the Tang Drum, celestial maidens' dance, demonstrate the five sets of exercises, and distribute Dafa truth clarification materials. They wanted to let more people learn about the wonderfulness of Falun Dafa. The spectators seemed moved by the practitioners' sincerity and spirit of disregarding the wind and rain, and they requested materials, applauded the practitioners and shouted their appreciation. An elderly man pressed his hands in front of his chest to make the Heshi gesture of respect, and bowed to practitioners numerous times.

Exercise demonstration on float

Falun Gong practitioners' Tang Drum performance

People request truth clarification materials

Falun Gong contingent