Canal Fest 2004 Gallery
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| North Tonawanda young people beginning to create the Parade Float. Photo courtesy of Helen Getz, leader of the Niagara County Junior Girl Scouts at Drake School. |
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| The finished product: Uncle Sam stirring the ethnic melting pot and riding on a Canal Boat; Uncle Sam created by Museum member Maggie Cheeley. Photo courtesy of Theresa Smith, leader of the St. Joseph's Youth Group. |
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| On Grove Street in Tonawanda before the parade began: Donna Zellner Neal second from right, with Helen Getz and her Niagara County Junior Girl Scouts (headquartered at Drake School) and Theresa Smith and her St. Joseph's Youth Group, creators of the float and parade participants. The young people and their leaders researched the City's history and created a float to fit the Canal Fest theme: International Ports of Call. Canal Fest 2004 parade was on July 20, 2004. Photo courtesy of Theresa Smith, leader of the St. Joseph's Youth Group. |
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| Donna Zellner Neal, Museum Director, and Helen Getz, leader of the Niagara County Junior Girl Scouts, leading the Museum entry in the parade with the banner also made by the youngsters as they crossed the bridge into North Tonawanda to the applause of bystanders. Photo courtesy of Museum member, volunteer, and Trustee John Fredricks. |
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| The float passing our Museum booth in front of Buffalo Suzuki Strings Musical Arts Center on Webster Street, the mules pulling the canal boat with Uncle Sam stirring the ethnic melting pot in the world port of North Tonawanda. Photo courtesy of Museum member, volunteer, and Trustee John Fredricks. |