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MARKERS AND SOME WITH BULLET CASINGS RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. >>> TRAFFIC IS FLOWING AGAIN IN DOWNTOWN AS MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE. THIS COMES AFTER THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS CLOSED DOWN SOME STREETS LAST NIGHT TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. SHARDAA GRAY IS IN GRANT PARK FOR US WHERE WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF TRAFFIC. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. IT SHOULD BE EASIER TO GET AROUND NOW BECAUSE THE STREET CLOSURES REOPENED AFTER 2:00 THIS MORNING. THE CAR CARAVANS WERE NOT ANYTHING LIKE THEY WERE LAST YEAR WHERE WE SAW MAJOR GRIDLOCK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BUT IT STILL MADE A HUGE INCONVENIENCE FOR THOSE WHO TRIED TO GET INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA LAST NIGHT. THIS IS VIDEO FROM KNIGHT TWO AT THE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION IN CHICAGO . YOU COULD SEE THE CAR CARAVANS WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR AND ARE A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR PRIDE AND HERITAGE. SUMMER WAVING FLAGS FROM VEHICLES OR HAVING THEM COVERING THEIR VEHICLES OTHERS ARE HOLDING FLAGS AS THEY WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN . AT ONE POINT, SOME EXITED THE VEHICLES AND STARTED RUNNING DOWN MICHIGAN AVENUE. ALONG WITH THOSE IN THE CARS CELEBRATING, MANY LEFT THE EL GRITO FESTIVAL AT GRANT PARK ON FOOT. WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO SOME FESTIVAL GOERS LAST NIGHT ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO CELEBRATE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. >> IT IS LOVELY TO SEE MY CULTURE AND HOW THEY GET TOGETHER THE MUSIC AND FOOD. I LOVE IT. I COME FROM TEXAS AND I'M LOVING THE WAY THEY CELEBRATE AND HONESTLY, ALL TYPES OF CULTURE , IT IS SO AMAZING. >> Reporter: THE FESTIVAL CONTINUES TODAY WITH PLENTY OF ACTIVITIES, FOOD AND PERFORMANCES FOR