Posts about Celebrations Parties and Parades
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On Parade Elementary Rhythm Band, July 1951
On Tuesday we posted another photograph featuring this neighborhood music class. These children, who were between the ages of thee and ...
Santa on Parade December 1948
On December 5, 1948, Santa arrived in Bloomington via the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad. From the west side passenger station he tra...
Armistice Day 1945 parade Downtown Bloomington
This photograph, taken from the east steps of the McLean County Courthouse (now Museum), offers a partial view of the 200 block of Nort...
LeRoy Fall Festival September 1963
The 1963 LeRoy Fall festival was held over four days, September 4-7. Billed as “Illinois largest free fall festival,” live entertainmen...
LeRoy Centennial Queen October 19, 1935
This photo was taken of the LeRoy Centennial parade, held back in 1935. Rose Mae Bishop (seated) served as centennial queen. Margaret A...
LeRoy Centennial Parade October 19, 1935
A merchant’s parade was one of the highlights of LeRoy’s three-day centennial celebration, October 18-20, 1935. Some 6,000 folks lined ...
Santa and His Six (?) Reindeer Bloomington Christmas Parade, 1929
The December 3, 1929 Christmas parade in Bloomington featured Santa Claus, six marching bands, a drum corps, and eleven floats, among m...
Bo Peep Has Found Her Sheep Halloween Parade, Bloomington 1938
A Depression-era tradition in Bloomington was the annual Halloween Mardi Gras parade and street dance. Seen here from the parade of Oct...
October Means ‘Rocktober’ Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival Aerials, May 31, 1970
The Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival was held outside of the McLean County community of Heyworth on L. David Lewis’ 320-acre farm over Memo...
Illinois State Normal University Homecoming Parade, October 25, 1958
The Illinois State University homecoming parade has passed through Uptown Normal since the 1920s. Pictured here from the 1958 parade ar...
Wesleyan Homecoming, October 1958 Titans Rough Up the Bluejays
Fifty-seven years ago, Saturday, October 25, 1958, Wesleyan easily dispatched visiting Elmhurst College 47-7 in the homecoming football...
McLean Harvest Festival September 26, 1952
The Village of McLean in the southwestern corner of McLean County used to stage an annual Harvest Festival. Seen here is the McLean Sup...
Photo of the Week: Dolls On Parade O’Neil Park, July 1939
The once-annual O’Neil Park doll parade on Bloomington’s west side prepares to get underway, Friday, July 28, 1936. The parade was led ...
Bloomington Centennial ‘Young Pioneers’ Parade, September 19, 1950
The City of Bloomington celebrated its centennial over a seven-day extravaganza, September 17-23, 1950 (though the kickoff dance held S...
Labor Day Parade Bloomington, 1985
“Buy American—Save the USA” was the theme for the September 2, 1985, Labor Day parade. Bloomington first played host to a such a parade...
Easter Parade, LeRoy Style, 1937
On Sunday, April 9, 1937, The Pantagraph ran a photo spread on LeRoy ladies getting ready for Easter church services and family get-tog...
McHistory: Voices Of The Past Come Alive
Listen to the audio on WGLT's ...