Volunteer Elizabeth Carpenter talks with attendees about the community quilt on Saturday, March 23, 2019, during the first Community and History Festival at the Park District of Forest Park on Harrison Street. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Brittnee Thurms, of GingerGypsy Face Painting and Body Art, paints faces on Saturday, March 23, 2019, during the first Community and History Festival at the Park District of Forest Park on Harrison Street. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Attendees look through a display of Forest Park history on Saturday, March 23, 2019, during the first Community and History Festival at the Park District of Forest Park on Harrison Street. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Ricky Bundy, 5, of Forest Park, shows off his face painting on Saturday, March 23, 2019, during the first Community and History Festival at the Park District of Forest Park on Harrison Street. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
A flag for the Kiwanis Club hangs on display on Saturday, March 23, 2019, during the first Community and History Festival at the Park District of Forest Park on Harrison Street. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
A group of kids get ready to play “Forest Parkopoly” on Saturday, March 23, 2019, during the first Community and History Festival at the Park District of Forest Park on Harrison Street. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Siblings Rosabella Manzanares, left, and Jeremiah Manzanares, of Forest Park, wait in line and watch others get their face painted on Saturday, March 23, 2019, during the first Community and History Festival at the Park District of Forest Park on Harrison Street. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Attendees look over a community quilt displayed by the Historical Society for Forest Park on Saturday, March 23, 2019, during the first Community and History Festival at the Park District of Forest Park on Harrison Street. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Photos from the Forest Park’s first History and Community Festival on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at the Park District of Forest Park on Harrison Street.

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer