{"id":120470,"date":"2019-07-19T06:24:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T11:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=120470"},"modified":"2019-07-20T07:45:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T12:45:49","slug":"oc-lambert-days-held-to-celebrate-automotive-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/07\/19\/oc-lambert-days-held-to-celebrate-automotive-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Lambert Days honors automotive pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OHIO CITY — The Ohio City Park Board is sponsoring its 52nd Lambert Days celebration, beginning this afternoon and running through Sunday, July 19-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the Lambert family ride in an antique Lambert automobile in the 2012 Lambert Days Parade. <\/strong>VW independent file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The annual celebration honors American automotive pioneer John Lambert, whose Lambert gasoline buggy was the first practical gasoline-powered automobile available for sale in America. He initially designed and built his vehicle in 1890 and successfully tested it in January 1891 in side an 80-foot-long farm implement showroom he owned in Ohio City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lambert\u2019s three-wheeled (tricycle-style), surrey-top, gasoline-powered vehicle had a single-cylinder, four-stroke engine and two large rear wheels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s festival includes a number of activities and events, including community garage sales, fireworks, a car show, volleyball, Wiffleball, 3-on-3 basketball, kids games and inflatables, the annual Lambert Days Parade, and plenty of entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s festival will also feature a new event: the Lambert Days Classic Pinball Tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights of the 2019 festival are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 p.m. \u2013 Steak Dinner (carryout available) at the Community Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 p.m. \u2013 Flag-raising ceremony at Harvey Lewis American Legion Post 346.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

5 p.m. \u2013 Kids\u2019 games and inflatables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 p.m. \u2013 Lambert Days Classis Open Pinball<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 p.m. \u2013 Music by Mike Bouillon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 p.m. \u2013 Texas Hold \u2018Em poker tournament<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 p.m. \u2013 Queen of Hearts raffle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 p.m. \u2013 Krazy Neyberz rock band<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:15 p.m. \u2013 Fireworks (rain date Saturday night)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 a.m. \u2013 Ohio Church of God breakfast truck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 a.m. \u2013 Coed Recreational Volleyball<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 a.m. \u2013 Kids\u2019 games and inflatables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noon \u2013 3-on-3 basketball registration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 p.m. \u2013 3-on-3 basketball tournament<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 p.m. \u2013 Hog Roast (carryout available)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 p.m. \u2013 Music by Jeff Unterbrink<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 p.m. \u2013 Bingo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 p.m. \u2013 Adult Wiffleball<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 p.m. \u2013 Lambert Days Class Pinball Tournament<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 p.m. \u2013 Colt & Crew rock band<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, July 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 a.m. \u2013 Car show registration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 a.m. \u2013 Chicken barbecue (carryout available); dinner music provided by Triad group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noon \u2013 Car show<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noon \u2013 Kids\u2019 games and inflatables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:30 p.m. \u2013 Car show judging and awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:45 p.m. \u2013 Lambert Days Parade line-up<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 p.m. \u2013 52nd annual Lambert Days Parade (activities continue in the park following the parade)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor OHIO CITY — The Ohio City Park Board is sponsoring its 52nd Lambert Days celebration, beginning this afternoon and running through Sunday, July 19-21. The annual celebration honors American automotive pioneer John Lambert, whose Lambert gasoline buggy was the first practical gasoline-powered automobile available for sale in America. He initially designed and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 02:08:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}