Tax protesters had so much fun in April they’re having even more tea parties on Independence Day.
"They are going on all across the country," Amy Kremer, national organizer for Tea Party Patriots, is telling reporters. "Last time it was on one day; this time it is all July 4 weekend. We will have more tea parties this time around than we did last time, for sure."
Eight Illinois tea parties are among more than 200 Tea Party Patriots is planning nationwide to highlight fiscal responsibility, limited government, free market and opposition to government healthcare programs.
The fireworks don’t stop there. The group is urging supporters to meet at Congressional offices at 12 p.m. EST July 17 in solidarity for blocking the Obama healthcare proposals.
"It's important because all of these people are concerned about this slippery slope to socialism," she said. Every day there is something the Obama administration or Congress is trying to push through to take more control over our lives."
Illinois Independence Day tea parties will be at:
Champaign/Urbana – Saturday, July 4, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., International Food Court, 800 Bloomington Rd.
Champaign – Sunday, July 5, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., West Side Park, 400 W. University
Chicago – From Saturday, July 4, at 7 p.m. to Sunday, July 5, at 5 a.m. at Belmont Harbor on Lake Shore Drive
Flora – Saturday, July 4, 2 p.m., Library Park, 216 North Main
Palatine – Saturday, July 4, 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Volunteer Plaza at intersection of E. Northwest Highway (14) and N. Hicks Road
Quincy – Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Women's City Club, 1550 Maine Street
Shorewood – Saturday, July 4, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Pathway Field, 19554 NW Frontage Rd.
Vandalia – Saturday, July 4, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Dothager Freedom Ranch
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