09-16-2009, 11:40 AM
This is such a cool event that happens each year... I just saw in the News Sun
that it's this Saturday September 19th..... below are some details...
The 2009 Oakwood Cemetery Walk with the theme "Celebrating 150 Years of Waukegan History" will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Featured profiles for this year's walk include: Philip P. Brand, the barber who shaved Abraham Lincoln during his visit to Waukegan; Rollen Hill, a pioneer of Little Fort/Waukegan who delivered mail by stagecoach; Emma L. Jones, graduate of the first Waukegan High School; Samuel Lincoln Payne, resident of Waukegan's Frog Island; sports figure Bud Wilkinson; and Bess Bower Dunn, an early Waukegan film actress and Lake County historian.
that it's this Saturday September 19th..... below are some details...
The 2009 Oakwood Cemetery Walk with the theme "Celebrating 150 Years of Waukegan History" will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Featured profiles for this year's walk include: Philip P. Brand, the barber who shaved Abraham Lincoln during his visit to Waukegan; Rollen Hill, a pioneer of Little Fort/Waukegan who delivered mail by stagecoach; Emma L. Jones, graduate of the first Waukegan High School; Samuel Lincoln Payne, resident of Waukegan's Frog Island; sports figure Bud Wilkinson; and Bess Bower Dunn, an early Waukegan film actress and Lake County historian.