Rockland School kindergarteners rode through town on the back of a Libertyville Fire Department antique fire engine. Waide Moravek sports a firefighter costume as he rides around the town. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media

Rockland School kindergartener Waide Moravek sports a firefighter costume as he rides around Libertyville on the back of an antiquef fire engine. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media

Rockland School kindergarteners rode through town on the back of a Libertyville Fire Department antique fire engine as part of a decades-long tradition. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media

Teacher Dale List of Rockland School watches the expressions on the faces of her students while the kindergarteners ride through Libertyville on an antique fire engine. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media

Libertyville Fire inspector John Rasmussen demonstrates the proper way to hold on to the rail with one hand, leaving the other hand free to wave. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media

Parents snap photos of Dale List's kindergarten class before they leave for a ride on an antique fire engine in Libertyville Sept. 12. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media