Hoover Park Festival returns to North Canton landmark July 9
NORTH CANTON − The third annual Hoover Park Festival, presented by Walsh University’s Hoover Historical Center and Hoover, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. July 9 at Hoover Park, 2225 E. Maple St., across from the main campus.
The free, family-friendly event honors the history of The Hoover Co. and its impact on North Canton and Stark County and attracted more than 1,000 visitors to the park and museum last year, more than twice as many during the inaugural event in 2021.
This year’s festivities include history talks and tours, basket raffles, a plant sale, children’s storytelling, and product giveaways from Hoover. The Canal Fulton Mules will play a vintage baseball game starting at 2 p.m. Beginning at 3:30 p.m., the Canton Concert Band will perform. Consider bringing a lawn chair for your comfort. The Little Roaming Railroad will give train rides.
There will also be activities and displays from community partners such as the Stark County Beekeepers’ Association, North Canton Public Library, and North Canton Heritage Society as well as a scavenger hunt for prizes in the Hoover Historical Center, vintage cars from the 1920s, and a special performance of the original Hoover Co. calliope.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase from the food trucks on site, which will include Kona Ice, Tom’s Traveling Coffee, Lanciano Wood-Fired Catering and Casey’s Snack Shack.
Megan Pellegrino, director of the Hoover Historical Center and the Walsh University Museum Studies program, aims to share the history of the property that includes the historic Hoover banquet hall and the Hoover Historical Center, a museum owned and operated by Walsh that is dedicated to telling the story of The Hoover Co.
The property was original Hoover family farmland and was the boyhood home of Hoover Co. founder "Boss" Hoover. In the 1920s, Hoover vacuum salesmen from across the United States, Canada and England gathered here to learn about new products and sales techniques while also enjoying time spent together.
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