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Depot Days

 September 19 & 20Depot Days

12-5pm

921 School Street

Lisle, IL 60532

630-968-0499

 

Discover what life was like over 100 years ago at this historical family festival!

 

Explore the abundance of our fall historical garden, enjoy the aroma of fresh baked apple pies, and enjoy a piece of warm cornbread. Then step on into our root cellar for our one of a kind model train demonstration! 

 

Admission is FREE and this event is designed for the whole family! 

 

New This Year!

Tour the newly opened CB&Q Railroad Caboose (Waycar)

My Little Petting Zoo: Visit the tame and friendly farm animals (Sunday only)

Craft Fair: Operated by Country Faire

High Wheel bike riding demonstrations

Lisle WWII Veterans Photo Display

Bags Tournament

 

Schedule of Events

Saturday

Noon: Bike and Carriage Parade

Noon to 3 pm: Willowbrook Wildlife Center Live Reptile Display

12:30pm:  Seed Spitting Contest

1 pm: Musician Larry Penn celebrates the railroad in song and story

Sponsored by Friends of the Lisle Library

1:30pm: Pie Eating Contest

2pm: Train story time and crafts

Sponsored by the Lisle Library
3pm: Musician Larry Penn celebrates the railroad in song and story

Sponsored by Friends of the Lisle Library

3:30pm: Author Luisa Buehler talks about her new book about the Underground Railroad, “The Innkeeper: An Unregistered Death”

 

Sunday

12:30pm:  Seed Spitting Contest

1pm: Musician Mark Dvorak sings American folk songs

Sponsored by Friends of the Lisle Library

1:30pm: Pie Eating Contest

2pm: Author Luisa Buehler talks about her new book about the Underground           Railroad, “The Innkeeper: An Unregistered Death”

3pm: Musician Mark Dvorak sings American folk songs

Sponsored by Friends of the Lisle Library

  

Ongoing Demonstrations and Attractions

  • Pioneer Craft Demonstrations

  • Corn Grinding

  • Glass Blowing

  • Homespun Yarns

  • Knitting

  • Lace Making

  • Leathercraft

  • Quilting

  • Natural Fabric Dyeing

  • Hit & Miss Gas Engine

  • Homemade Soap

  • Rug Hooking

  • Rope Making

  • Mini Baler

  • Spinning

  • Weaving

  • Museum Campus Tours

  • Visit our Working Blacksmith Shop

  • Giant HO Model Railroad Display

  • Lisle Pioneer Cemetery Tour

  • Telegraph Operations in the Depot

  • Friends of the Lisle Library Used Book Sale

  • Lisle Library Services Display

  • 1926 Model T

  • 1928 Chevrolet

  • Summer Kitchen Homemade Pie and Cornbread

  • Hayrides Sponsored by the Lisle Park District

  • Horse Shoes

  • Tug-O-War

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