The Top of the Common Committee 

 Lunenburg Vermont

Saturday, August 2, 2025 - on & around Lunenburg Common

Antique cars exhibit during 2024 Old Home Day

"Go Fish" entry in 2024 Old Home Day parade

Parade Entries TAKE NOTE:
Victory Lane Automotive of Lunenburg will be awarding a $100 gift card for any service offered at their shop plus a professional detailing kit valued at $125 to the "Best" car or truck entered in the parade!
Lunenburg Variety Store  of Lunenburg will be awarding a gift card to the store to the "Best" float/walking entry in the parade!
(winner in each parade category will be chosen by  People's Choice  Vote   9:00-9:45)**

7-30 updates…  updates will be frequent, so check back soon!

VENDORS and DEMONSTRATORS  9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Current Registered Vendors:

Linda Magoni offering blueberries and pickles
Cloey Hodgdon offering breads, cookies, and pies
Michelle Potteiger offering hair tinsel
Julie Nadeau offering a wide variety of hand-knitted and crocheted items
Moore-Fox Post 41 American Legion Auxiliary  offering two raffles (S'mores Fire Pit Package, American Flag bed-size Afghan)
Lunenburg Outdoor Recreation, Trails, and Tourism Task Force offering a mapping activity, information, bake sale, and surveys
Concord Early Childhood Network & Gilman Head Start offering sensory and "messy play" activities for young children 10:00 - noon
Town of Lunenburg Historical Society offering Lunenburg products, historical displays, Maple quilt raffle, and "Junior Historian Hunt" for all ages
Rev. George L. Fox Memorial Chapel and Museum  offering interesting facts and information

The Top of the Common Committee offering Lunenburg products, tee shirts, and maple creemees
Lunenburg Polar Bears 'Cooking' offering sausage with onions & peppers, French fries, hotdogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and water 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Lunenburg, Gilman, Concord Senior Center  offering strawberry shortcake and raffle ("Guess the Dimes")

Steve Fitchett  offering collectibles
Cindy Wilmott (of Lunenburg's Whatever Treasurers) offering antiques and woodburning
Town of Lunenburg offering the Lunenburg Art Cart (will be located in front of clerk's office)
Lunenburg-Gilman Community Trust  offering information, pamphlets & brochures

Joan Vars offering a small freezer, antiques, and collectibles
Vermont Horse Council offering information, desire to connect with area horse enthusiasts and meet landowners
Bernard LaBounty offering decorated sap buckets

"Deb's Designs" (Deb Dockem) note cards and such

Current Registered Demonstrations: 
Blacksmithing demonstration with Lunenburg resident, Luke Robinson
Chair caning demonstration with Randy Wood

ACTIVITIES   

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Alden Balch Library: Book and Bake Sale (by donation)
9:00 a.m. at Lunenburg School parking lot: parade line-up
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.** in the school parking lot: People's Choice vote for parade units
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 pm in the Congregational Church building: historical stories and photos "Remembering Camp Life in our Rural Town"
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in front of the town clerk's office: Lunenburg Art Cart
10:00 a.m. around the Common: “Camping Fun” themed parade begins
10:00 a.m. - noon on the Common: "Messy Play" (sensory play for younger children)       
11:00 a.m. under large tent, top of the Common: Hocus Pocus Magic with master magician Blaine Goad, FREE for all ages
11:00 a.m. in the Congregational Church building: Maple Creemees (until sold out)
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on the Common: Lunenburg Polar Bears 'Cooking' 
Noon - 3:00 p.m. in the bandstand: Live Music by Still Kickin’
12:30 - 2:30 p.m. under large tent, top of the Common: Balloon Fun with Blaine Goad, FREE for all ages

Updated 07/30/25