Lisle Depot Days

Lisle Depot Days runs from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, and Sunday, Sept. 15, at the Museums at Lisle Station Park, Lisle.  Admission free. www.lisleparkdistrict.org. New this year are:

• A Civil War luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. each day featuring bean soup, shepherd's pie and bread pudding made by Wheatstack, A Midwestern Eatery.  Cost is $7 per person.
• Miller's Petting Zoo featuring live farm animals that are available for petting and photos
• Hourly firing of a Civil War cannon and a Civil War encampment

Other favorite attractions include:

• Tours of an operating blacksmith shop
• Music by musicians from Old Town School of Folk Music
• Children's games
• The old Lisle train station
• A giant operating HO guage railroad train
• A caboose 
• Historic fully-furnished buildings