More than 200 members of Club Los Vaqueros Unidos (United Cowboys Club) from the Chicago area make their way to place roses at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 1, 2018. The annual horseback pilgrimage leads up to two days of festivities Dec. 11-12, when more than 100,000 people make a pilgrimage to the shrine for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The feast celebrates the appearance of Mary to indigenous peasant St. Juan Diego in 1531 near present-day Mexico City.
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Cowboy club makes annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
By By Karen Callaway | Photo editor
Dec 6, 2018 7:14:00 PM
Cowboy club makes annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
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