User:KFields8/Heritage Park Taylor Michigan

Heritage Park is a community park in Taylor, Michigan located at 12111 Pardee Road. Many know it as "The Jewel of the City". The park offers baseball diamonds, soccer fields, swimming pools, historical buildings, and many more events for the public to enjoy. Families gather at Heritage Park to engage in activities with the family outside of the home. Walking tours of the park are available for free and they take you around and show you how the park began and where the buildings came from. 

History
There are various buildings and bridges throughout Heritage Park that have an underlying meaning. The West Mound Churchlocated inside of the park was built in the the 1880's by German Settlers that immigrated to Taylor. Couples still get married in this church or even renew their vows. There was an old train station located in Taylor until it went up in flames in the 1960's, Taylor students made an exact replica to be used as a shop in the park.

Events
There are many events held at the park throughout the year. A lot of sporting events take place such as soccer games, baseball games, tennis, even mud volleyball tournaments. Every summer local bands and even known artists visit the city to play concerts during the Taylor festivities. Heritage Park is known for holding events such as, Masco's Art in the Park, Summer & Fall Festival's, and the Junior League World Series.

Junior League World Series
Heritage Park is home to the Junior League World Series founded in 1981. This is an event in which 13 and 14 year-old boys from all over the world come to play for the first place trophy. The JLWS is usually held in the month of August and lasts for about a week. Young boys and their families come from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region, Canada and, the United States. Over 200 Taylor residents volunteer their time and money each year to help out during the games.