Claude Seymour Reebie

Historical marker location:

4001 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

( Memorial is at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Main Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Lake Avenue.)

Oct. 5, 1922 March 25, 1951. In Memory Of.

The Chicago River was famously dyed green for the first time in 1962 to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The tradition has continued every year since then, and now the river is dyed green for the holiday using an eco-friendly vegetable dye.