WHISTLE STOP TOUR RE-ENACTED

9/18/2005

David Ward of Perrysburg Township, left, portrays William Henry Harrison and Doug Bahnsen of Perrysburg portrays the Rev. Joseph Badger on a log cabin-themed float during the Harrison Rally Day parade on Louisiana Street in downtown Perrysburg yesterday. Harrison Rally Day commemorates a political rally held at Fort Meigs in 1840 at which a crowd of 40,000 gathered to hear the Whig presidential candidate speak on his Whistle Stop Tour.