Can anyone give me any information on the Orangemen's Picnic, that was held in a large oak grove of Rt. 67 (just outside Milan, Ill.) each July 12th during the mid-1800's through the early 1900's? My gr-gr-grandfather, George W. Kell, was said to have been an officer in the Orangemen here in the Edgington/Taylor Ridge area, but I have not been able to find much about the actual Orange Lodge itself. My father's brothers and sisters do remember attending the Orangemen's picnic each year, which always included a carnival, but they don't remember anything about the Orangemen's organization itself. This picnic corresponds with the annual July 12th celebration in Northern Ireland, commemorating the Protestant King William's victory over Catholic King James, and the famous annual Orange parades.