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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Patrick Retzinger, 4, of Lake Villa plays a jack-o-lantern bean bag toss game during the Saturday Kids! program celebrating the 200th anniversary of statehood for Illinois at the Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum in Grayslake. The Saturday Kids! program takes place on the second Saturday of each month. (7/14/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Penne Lawrence, (Miss Penny) of Grayslake reads a page about the Illinois state tree, which is a white oak tree, in a book called, "What am I?, Illinois," during the Saturday Kids! program celebrating the 200th anniversary of statehood for Illinois. (7/14/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Cecilia Willhite, 8, of Grayslake colors a Happy Birthday picture during the Saturday Kids! program celebrating the 200th anniversary of statehood for Illinois at the Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum in Grayslake. The Saturday Kids! program takes place on the second Saturday of each month. (7/14/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Newly crowned Grayslake 2018 queens Mary Kate Morris, 18, and Sharanya Sahu, 8, color a Happy Birthday craft during the Saturday Kids! program celebrating the 200th anniversary of statehood for Illinois at the Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum in Grayslake. The Saturday Kids! program takes place on the second Saturday of each month. (7/14/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jovani Deguzman, of Round Lake works on making a suncatcher with his brother, Donovan, 10, and father, Manuel, during the Saturday Kids! program celebrating the 200th anniversary of statehood for Illinois at the Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum in Grayslake. The Saturday Kids! program takes place on the second Saturday of each month. (7/14/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Linda Willhite, of Grayslake shows a group of children and their parents a forge in the Annex during the Saturday Kids! program celebrating the 200th anniversary of statehood for Illinois at the Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum in Grayslake. Willhite is vice president of the Grayslake Historical Society. The forge was presented to talk about the history of the blacksmiths who used to work in Grayslake.(7/14/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Julian Dias, of Grayslake holds his twin sons, Anderson and Parker, both 4, as they listen to Miss Penny (Penne Lawrence, of Grayslake) read the book, "What am I? Illinois," during the Saturday Kids! program celebrating the 200th anniversary of statehood for Illinois at the Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum in Grayslake. The Saturday Kids! program takes place on the second Saturday of each month. (7/14/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Sully Willhite listens to Penne Lawrence, both of Grayslake, as she reads the book, "What am I? Illinois," during the Saturday Kids! program celebrating the 200th anniversary of statehood for Illinois at the Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum in Grayslake. The Saturday Kids! program takes place on the second Saturday of each month. (7/14/18)