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4 | June 14, 2018 | The Lockport Legend NEWS<br />
lockportlegend.com<br />
JUNE 21 - 24<br />
151st and Creme Rd<br />
Homer Glen<br />
FREE ADMISSION<br />
FREE PARKING<br />
Old Canal Days sees changes<br />
this year due to construction<br />
Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
Enjoy<br />
LIVE MUSIC<br />
in our FREE<br />
Entertainment Tent<br />
Featuring:<br />
MAGGIE SPEAKS<br />
7 TH HEAVEN<br />
THE HAIR BAND<br />
NIGHT<br />
Budweiser & Bud Light<br />
Carnival Ride Special!<br />
MEGA PASS<br />
PRE-SOLD AT VILLAGE HALL $55<br />
and AT EVENT $65<br />
INDEPENDENCE<br />
DAY PARADE<br />
Saturday, June 23 • 11am<br />
JUNE 21<br />
(RAIN DATE IS JUNE 22)<br />
Viewing Area<br />
OPENS AT 6PM<br />
at 7pm<br />
MR. D’S MAGIC<br />
AND ILLUSION<br />
PRESENTED BY:<br />
Village of Home Glen<br />
Homer Township • Homer Township Road District<br />
For more info, call 708.301.0246<br />
or visit homerfest.com<br />
The most anticipated<br />
summer event in downtown<br />
Lockport is returning for its<br />
46th year, but residents can<br />
expect to see some changes<br />
and additions to this year’s<br />
Old Canal Days held Thursday,<br />
June 14, to Sunday,<br />
June 17.<br />
Tens of thousands of people<br />
come out to the festival<br />
each year, with a chance to<br />
experience and learn about<br />
the history of Lockport, all<br />
while having some fun.<br />
“I hope it brings more<br />
people to Lockport to learn<br />
about our city rather than<br />
just go out to the carnival<br />
and listen to music,” Old<br />
Canal Days event coordinator<br />
Jodi Herman said.<br />
The four-day event is to<br />
have Native American exhibits<br />
and vendors hosted by<br />
the Midwest SOARRING<br />
Foundation. There are also<br />
to be historic reenactments<br />
and building tours at Heritage<br />
Village, located at 249<br />
W. 2nd St. Attendees can<br />
also explore a Lockport History<br />
exhibit at Lincoln Landing,<br />
and join in on a Lockport<br />
Cemetery tour at 10:30<br />
a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday<br />
and Sunday. The tour is to<br />
feature graves of those who<br />
have had a significant impact<br />
on the city, including the<br />
I&M canal chief engineer,<br />
the inventor of the first steel<br />
plow, and military members<br />
from every American war.<br />
“I think that it’s starting<br />
to show that Lockport has a<br />
unique history and the importance<br />
[of it], and is starting<br />
to educate people on the<br />
history of Lockport, rather<br />
than just being a carnival<br />
and main stage,” Herman<br />
said. “So all of the cultural<br />
Please see old canal, 6<br />
Kristin Grigus receives some kisses from her 7-month-old<br />
English Bulldog Finny during last year’s Old Canal Days in<br />
Lockport. 22nd Century Media File Photos<br />
Carl Gilmore reads information on the history of Lockport<br />
during Old Canal Days last year.
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