Red, white & blue

CELEBRATION TAKES CENTER STAGE AT ELGIN VFW

Families and community members gathered July 4 at Elgin VFW Post 6115 to celebrate America’s

250th birthday with a day of patriotic activities, live music, food and craft vendors, children’s games and a silent auction before a fireworks display capped the evening. The celebration began with a public reading of the Constitution and included a community sing-along and birthday cake honoring the nation’s semiquincentennial, drawing residents together for Independence Day festivities along Old Sayers Road.