Memorial Day parade
Downtown Grayslake Center St, Grayslake, IL, United StatesThe Grayslake Historical Society will have its 1954 fire truck in Grayslake’s Memorial Day parade.
Book Club
Community Room of the Heritage Center 164 Hawley Street, Grayslake, United StatesAmerican Lit Revisited Book Club: “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Free. College of Lake County Professor Cathy Colton will lead the book club discussion.
Summer Concert
Centennial Plaza corner of Whitney and Center Streets., Grayslake80s BoomBox Band will perform. First summer concert of the year with 80s cover band music.
Grayslake Historical Society Board Meeting
Community Room of the Heritage Center 164 Hawley Street, Grayslake, United StatesLiving History Tour of the Grayslake Cemetery
Grayslake Cemetery Lake Street, Grayslake, IllinoisPerformances at 1:30 PM and 2:30 PM. Public invited. Donations appreciated. This year the costumed reenactors will portray Mary Mogg, Mary Godfrey, Abigail Frazier, Henry Hart, John Wicks, John Murrie and Allen McMillen. Visitors will hear about their lives and their legacies. Sponsored by Strang Funeral Chapel.
Grayslake Historical Society Board Meeting
Community Room of the Heritage Center 164 Hawley Street, Grayslake, United StatesJohn and Portia Gage: Abolitionists, Suffragists, Spiritualists
Community Room of the Heritage Center 164 Hawley Street, Grayslake, United StatesPublic invited. Free. Grayslake Historical Society member, Jane Trump, will share stories of these early local settlers and activists. The presentation will highlight their adventures, achievements, triumphs, and tragedies.
Grayslake Bike Hike
Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum 164 Hawley St, Grayslake, United StatesJoin an 11-mile history bike ride around Grayslake. RSVPs required.
Park District Pumpkin Fest
Grayslake Central ParkGrayslake Historical Society and Grayslake Heritage Center will tell stories.