Audubon Celebration Committee

08/15/2026

Start clearing out those closets now!

See our Facebook event for more info and a link to register: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1bAhU4u4y7/

07/05/2026

A cool find at the Audubon Historical Society Museum yesterday... pages from the 1916 Parade Programme! We've known that our town traditions have been in place for a long time, but it was really fascinating to see confirmation of this from 110 years ago!

Athletic Events have had some changes over the years - some races added (backwards, wheelbarrow, frog jump) and some removed (Fat Men's Races???), but all-in-all the same spirit involved! (A HUGE thank you to Kelli Aceto and her team of volunteers for choosing to continue this tradition yesterday despite the extreme heat! And to the crowd of you that came out to participate!)

We've heard a lot of people comment that the parade used to go on Merchant St but how many realized just how far the parade used to travel?? 😯 This doesn't say where on Merchant the parade starts so we guessed at WHP, and then switched Chestnut and E Atlantic for obvious reasons, but this seems to clock in at more than 3 miles! Audubon runners - try this route and let us know how long it is!

When it comes to the question of how many people it takes to pull off our 4th of July events, the number is going to vary but man are we jealous of the committee of 24+ people that did it in 1916!!

07/05/2026

Many thanks to all who contributed to our town's July 4th celebration this year through participation in our House Decorating contest and Independence Day parade! We live-streamed the announcement of winners at the conclusion of the Audubon Historical Society Museum's open house yesterday, but here's the full list as well. Trophies will be delivered to those who were not in attendance at the event.

Bicycle Parade Entrants:
1st Place: Nora M.
2nd Place: Frankie L.
3rd Place: Teresa C.

Baby Parade Entrants:
1st Place: Evelyn C.
2nd Place: Juliet O.
3rd Place: Jordan P.

Parade Group/Float Awards:
Spirit - Audubon Board of Education
Fanciest - Audubon Lion's Club
Most Patriotic - Murray-Troutt American Legion Post 262
Best Overall - Audubon High School Indoor Girls Track Team

House Decorating Contest:
1st Place: 144 Princeton Rd.
2nd Place: 7 S Davis Ave
3rd: 214 S Haviland Ave
Best Non-Participating Home: 49 Princeton Rd (updated with the correct street name)

Best Non-Participating home??? Why would we give an award for that? Well, as ACC was discussing our events for this year we spoke about how we wished more homes in town would participate in our house decorating contests. We thought this award could help inspire the winner (and hopefully others) that they should join the contest in the future! Well... after ordering the trophies we ended up having 23 houses register.. at least 3 times our normal average. We hope that momentum will continue for our Halloween and Winter Holiday contests as well!

Thank you also to our judges! We know this was no easy task!

07/04/2026

Left behind at the athletic events this morning. Please contact us to coordinate a return!

07/04/2026

Announcements of this year’s awards!

07/04/2026

Check out this article (if you are a subscriber or would like to start a subscription)!

The open house is today from 2-4pm at the Senior Center (next to the library). The museum is nice and cool inside.

Parade and house decorating awards announced immediately following the open house!

The borough dedicated its opening at a ribbon-cutting ceremony with local and county dignitaries Wednesday. Exhibits will be open to the public at an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. July 4.

07/04/2026

07/04/2026

Happy 4th!

07/04/2026

Honor guard is on the move!

Happy 4th.. enjoy the parade!!

07/04/2026

Reminder! 8:15am start for our parade Saturday morning! See all relevant details on our Facebook event or on our website: https://www.auduboncivicreach.org/independence-day

Click on the events tab on our page (you may have to first click on “…” next to our Photos, etc) to get full details for the following events tomorrow:

Parade
Athletic Events
Historical Society Museum Open House

As of 11:15pm Friday, all of these events are still moving forward!

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