The grand opening festivities will include presentations by city officials and community leaders.

In addition, guided tours, family activities, and group demonstrations will be held throughout the afternoon.

Admission:

• $5/person
• Free for Kids 14 and under

Journey Stories Exhibit:

Journey Stories tells how we and our ancestors came to America. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell.

Our history is filled with stories of people leaving behind everything - families and possessions - to reach a new life in another state, across the continent, or even across an ocean.

Many chose to move, searching for something better in a new land. Others had no choice, like enslaved Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting their own cultures, or like Native Americans already here, who were often violently removed by newcomers.

This exhibition runs from May 31, 2009 - July 11, 2009, at the Engh Farm at 1730 North Main Street in Sycamore.