Published by admin on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 8:19pm
It’s all about timing, and this year, the time is right for the Catfish Days in Lincoln Land parade’s grand marshal to share the distinction with an honorable grand marshal.
Illinois is celebrating its bicentennial, and what figure could be more notable a representative of a great state than the president from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln? Honest Abe was responsible for founding the national cemetery system, and the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, serving millions of veterans in the Chicago area, was named for him.