60 years of taste and enjoyable as Tremont Turkey Festival celebrates Diamond Jubilee

TREMONT (25News Now) -An extended-standing summer season custom returned to central Illinois this weekend as folks attending the Tremont Turkey Festival celebrated 60 years of meals, enjoyable, and neighborhood pleasure.

Crowds stuffed the streets to get pleasure from longtime competition favorites, from the favored mattress races to the strawberry shortcake consuming contest. Organizer Natalie Anderson mentioned guests additionally loved all of the basic meals and actions which have turn out to be competition traditions over the many years.

The celebration continued with stay music, drawing an enormous crowd Friday night time. Festival goers additionally welcomed residence Tremont’s state highschool baseball champions, giving them a hometown celebration to recollect, ending with its annual parade.

Anderson mentioned the competition brings the neighborhood collectively in a particular method yearly.

“People come back year after year. People from Tremont know how special this is. All the money that we raised this weekend goes back to the community,” she mentioned.

Anderson mentioned the occasion’s success is made potential by volunteers and neighborhood help, serving to make sure the custom continues for generations to come back.

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