Byron Museum offers annual Festival of Trees

The Byron Museum of History is displaying 25 beautifully decorated Christmas trees throughout the museum.

Each tree was provided by businesses and organizations throughout the community for the museum’s annual Festival of Trees, which runs through Dec. 22.

Highlights of this year’s festival included complimentary pictures with Frosty the Snowman. The winning trees in each category were:

Children’s Category

1. Girl Scout Daisy Troop #162

2. Byron Park District Tiger Den

3. Neighbors Rehabilitation

Traditional

1. By-Y-Badgers 4H Club

2. Byron Public Library

3. Kiwanis Club of Byron

Non-Traditional

1. SAMG/Byron Clinic

2. United Church of Byron - Men’s Club

3.  BANG! Byron Area Networking Group

Patriotic

Military Families of Byron

Religious

1. First Baptist Church

2.  All Saints Lutheran Church Youth Group

Judges’ Choices: SAMG/Byron Clinic and By-Y-Badgers 4H Club

Peoples’ Choices: SAMG/Byron Clinic

Honorable Mention: Davis Junction Historical Society and Byron GFWC Women’s Club

Judges who volunteered their time to judge the trees this year were Amy Donahue (Insignia Custom Graphics & Signs), Shelly Harper, and Diana Snodgrass .

The Byron Museum is located at 110 N. Union Street, in Byron, and is open regularly Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, visit www.byronmuseum.org.