Editing Chester, Illinois (section)

===Popeye's Picnic and Parade===
Popeye's Picnic is an event held in Chester the Friday, Saturday and Sunday following [[Labor Day]] in the month of September. Popeye's Picnic consists of rides, food stands, music, and fireworks. The Popeye Parade is held on a Saturday morning. Before the parade there is a walk and run for anyone who wants to participate. Medals and trophies are awarded to the top runners and walkers in each age category. A Popeye T-shirt is included with each entry. Many people from different towns participate in this parade. The parade consists of local school bands, band fronts, such as dance teams and cheerleaders, floats from various businesses, fire departments, veterans representing the United States, politicians marching, clowns passing out stickers and candy, and finally horses trail the parade.
Many people and businesses help sponsor the picnic and donate money and time.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040823214337/http://www.popeyepicnic.com/ Popeye Picnic]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popeyepicnic.com/index.php?id=24 |title=30th Annual Popeye Picnic |access-date=2009-11-15 |work=City of Chester website }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>