Entries are being sought for the Dutch Days Annual Antique Tractor and Implement Show in Fulton, IL, on May 1st and 2nd, 2015. Visitors to Dutch Days will have ample opportunity to see the vintage tractors and implements over the two day period. There will be two separate parades.
On Friday afternoon, May 1, around 3:00 p.m., tractors will line-up and pass through the downtown area via Main Street during the annual tractor drive through the streets of Fulton. The tractors will also pass-through the front drive of Harbor Crest Nursing Home sometime between 4:00 and 4:30 p.m., so residents will have the opportunity to see and hear the old machines. In addition to the Friday tractor drive, several of the tractors will be driven in the large Dutch Days Annual Parade on Saturday afternoon, May 2nd.
When they are not moving around the city, the tractors and implements can be seen at the exhibition area in the parking lot at the First Christian Reformed Church on 14th Avenue (IL. 136) in Fulton. All makes of antique tractors and implements are welcome and may be brought to the site any time on Friday, May 1, after 8:00 a.m.
Additional participants for the show are being sought. There is no registration fee, however pre-registration is requested. For more information about the show or to pre-register, please call the show chairman, John Clark, at 815-499-0543.
Fulton native, Russell VanVuren, of Las Vegas, Nevada driving his family’s 1942 John Deere B. Pictured during the 2014 parade, he transports many of the VanVuren family.
Arlyn VanderEide of Fulton driving his 1939 Farmall H during the 2014 parade.