Lowellville's annual 'community reunion' is day of fun

LOWELLVILLE

Nobody seems to know quite when it started, but every year residents of Lowellville get together for a celebration.

“We’re just promoting, overall, the heritage of Lowellville, the history of Lowellville,” said Mayor James Iudiciani Sr.

This year’s Lowellville Day kicked off Saturday with a parade, followed by a laying of the roses ceremony, a 21-gun salute and the playing of Taps to honor the 17 Lowellville citizens who died in wars.

The rest of the day included food, games and hay rides.

“We turn it into an eight-hour fun event,” Iudiciani said.

Friends Ainsley McCaughtry and Emma Mariotti, both 14, started their day with the parade; McCaughtry as a participant, Mariotti as an observer.

Read more about the event in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.