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Glencoe expands Fourth festivities for sesquicentennial
Ronnie Wachter
Freelance Reporter
Longtime participants
and village newcomers
agreed that they enjoyed
the new format of Glencoe’s
Independence Day
celebration on Thursday,
July 4.
The Glencoe community
celebrated the 150th
anniversary of its charter
with a longer parade route,
a larger summer celebration
and a more expensive
fireworks show.
“We are really proud of
our community for walking
and being part of the
parade,” said Erin Classen,
superintendent of marketing
and communications
for the Glencoe Park District,
which worked with
Glencoe Village Hall to organize
and fund the event.
“It was just a really hot
day, which was unfortunate.”
Indeed, the cloudless
sky may have kept some
revelers off the sidewalks,
but the retooled event
likely drew more parade
floats than ever before.
2019 was the first year
that Village Hall (which
organized the parade) required
registration, and
Classen said 45 entrants
took part. Rather than
ending at Village Hall,
a new route took the action
from Central School
northeast up Hazel Avenue
and into Lakefront
Park, where games, food
trucks and inflatables,
plus a stage with rock
bands awaited.
“Ending this at Lakefront
Park is a wonderful
addition,” said Craig Eisner,
who tossed chocolates
and wristbands with
the Glencoe Men’s Library
Club, which made
The Fourth of July parade featured more than 40
participants this year.
its 15th appearance in the
parade. “We haven’t had a
common, unifying event
since the (Glencoe Grand
Prix) bike race left.”
Eisner added 2019 was
the longest line of floats
he had ever seen in Glencoe.
Keeping those floats entertained
— whether they
included live or recorded
music, or none — was Allen
Cosnow, a Hazel Avenue
resident who brought
a wagon out to the edge
of his driveway, rested
his antique Victor gramophone
on it and blasted
marching music. A steady
stream of marchers and
observers walking toward
the park stopped to marvel
at his hand-cranked
wonder and the 78-rpm
records on its turntable.
“I just thought that it
would be interesting to
them,” Cosnow said.
The parade has never
come down Cosnow’s
street before. He said he
enjoyed all the visitors.
What he had been hoping
to see in the new
format was a lesson in
American history. Cosnow
quoted portions of
the Declaration of Independence
and spoke about
the truly revolutionary,
genuinely iconic notion
of government by “We the
people.”
Parade passers-by
looked into Cosnow’s
driveway, saw the giant
gramophone and gave its
owner smiles and thumbsup.
The special Sesquicentennial
Fourth of July
in Glencoe celebration
also included a morning
Rotary 2-Mile Fun Run,
preschool games and
mini golf at Kalk Park,
and Glencoe’s Got Talent
show.
The day ended at Lakefront
Park with beer and
wine sales, food trucks,
inflatables, races, a dunk
tank that featured Village
Manager Phil Kiraly and
Glencoe Park District’s
Lisa Sheppard, live music
by Serendipity and
The Blooze Brothers, and
Glencoe’s largest-ever
fireworks show.
Classen said the district
used its usual vendor, but
with extra funding from
Village Hall, was able to
pay for a longer display.
The Village of Glencoe’s Public Safety vehicles make their way down the expanded
parade route to Lakefront Park on Thursday, July 4. photos by ronnie wachter/22nd
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