WALCOTT, Iowa — The World’s Biggest Truckstop celebrated America’s truckers on July 8-9 and there were literally tens of thousands of truckers and their families poured in to this eastern Iowa city for the 31st Annual Walcott Truckers Event.
The 2 day event featured over 175 exhibits, a Tremendous truck Beauty Contest with 56 contestants, an antique van display with over 200 vehicles, an Iowa pork chop cookout, Trucker Olympics, carnival games, a concert by country superstar Tracy Lawrence and a fireworks display.
“The Walcott Truckers Jamboree is a celebration of trucking,” said Heather DeBaillie, Iowa 80 Truckstop’s promotion director. “Nothing would get delivered without truckers and that is a message that the Jamboree lets us share with the general public.”
The Iowa 80 Trucking Museum hosted a party of its own July 9 to celebrate the 100th birthday of the 1910 Avery Farm Van in the museum’s collection. Hundreds visited the museum to join in the celebration complete with cake and balloons.
The Walcott Truckers Jamboree has been celebrating truckers, rain or shine, since 1979.
“The Walcott Truckers Jamboree is an event that they hope instills pride in drivers and encourages them to celebrate the important job they do.
The Jamboree is the ideal chance for us to say thank you,” said Delia Moon Meier, Iowa 80 Truckstop senior vice president.
Monday, July 12, 2010
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