Frontier Days hits the big Five-Oh, and it's as lively as ever

Frontier Days hits the big Five-Oh, and it's as lively as ever

A little more than five decades ago, a group of Arlington Heights residents gathered to create an event they hoped would bring their community together in celebration of the United States’ Bicentennial. Fifty years later, that special celebration to mark the nation’s 200th birthday lives on as one of the suburbs’ biggest and most beloved festivals — Frontier Days.