On Thursday, May 18th, 2017, Oscar López Rivera returns to Chicago's Humboldt Park for the first time since he was pardoned by President Obama after serving 35 years out of his 70 year prison sentence as a political prisoner. Oscar López Rivera received a warm welcome from the locals in the neighborhood where he was honored by a march down Divison Street that began at La Casita de Don Pedro and continued down to Luis Munoz Marin where a street sign was unveiled in his honor. The celebration proceeded to continue down to the Humboldt Park Boathouse where a program of speakers addressed the crowd.