OLD HOME DAY

Old Home Day is an annual event held on the 4th of July in the Hamlet of Champion. The day is hosted by Champion Grange #18 which was organized in October, 1873 and has served the community since receiving its charter from the State of New York.

Old Home Day activities include a parade, chicken barbeque, and cake walk. The parade proceeds when the Grange bell is rung and is unique to the area because you get to view the parade from both sides. The parade winds through the Hamlet center, circles around, and comes back past the assembled crowd from the opposite direction!

Old Home Day is a celebration of small town America. It reflects the agricultural traditions of the Grange and the rural values, of patriotism, volunteerism and neighborliness, that are the keystones of the community.