U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem makes an appearance as part of the 25th anniversary voyage of Chicago’s Christmas ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, which stops at Polk Brothers Park on Lake Michigan in Chicago. Christmas trees are donated to local families in need.
A member of the United States Coast Guard picks up a Christmas tree to load into a truck before it is delivered to a local family in need during the 25th anniversary voyage of Chicago’s Christmas ship, USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Brothers Park in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)Members of the U.S. Coast Guard unload Christmas trees that will be delivered to local families in need during the 25th anniversary voyage of Chicago’s Christmas ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks to Coast Guard leaders and Christmas Tree organizers during the 25th anniversary voyage of Chicago’s Christmas Ship, USCGC Mackinaw, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during the 25th anniversary voyage of the Chicago Christmas Ship, USCGC Mackinaw, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Brothers Park off Lake Michigan in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)Volunteers drop off Christmas trees unloaded from the USGC Mackinaw before being delivered to families in need during the Chicago Christmas Ship’s 25th anniversary voyage, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Brothers Park in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem carries a Christmas tree to load into a truck during the 25th anniversary voyage of Chicago’s Christmas ship, USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Brothers Park. The Christmas trees were then donated to local families in need. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)Protesters sing parody Christmas carols about U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s appearance at the 25th anniversary voyage of Chicago’s Christmas ship, USCGC Mackinaw, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Brothers Park next to Lake Michigan in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)Protesters sing parody Christmas carols about U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s appearance at the 25th anniversary voyage of Chicago’s Christmas ship, USCGC Mackinaw, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Brothers Park next to Lake Michigan in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)A protester is removed from Polk Brothers Park after protesting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s appearance at the 25th anniversary voyage of Chicago’s Christmas ship, USCGC Mackinaw, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, near Lake Michigan in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)A Chicago Fire Department helicopter flies over the USCGC Mackinaw before placing a ceremonial wreath in Lake Michigan during the 25th anniversary voyage of Chicago’s Christmas ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Brothers Park in Chicago. The ceremonial wreath is placed in the lake in honor of the crew of the Rouse Simmons, a Christmas ship that sank in the lake while delivering Christmas trees in 1912. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)Volunteers drop off Christmas trees unloaded from the USGC Mackinaw before being delivered to families in need during the Chicago Christmas Ship’s 25th anniversary voyage, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Brothers Park in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
