the festival, one of the largest model railroad train shows and layouts in the U.S. Midwest happens during Railroad Days at the new Galesburg High School Fieldhouse. During Labor Day weekend in September, Galesburg hosts the Stearman Fly in. Also in September are the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta and the Annual Rubber Duck Race, at Lake Storey. On the third weekend of every August, a Civil War and pre-1840s rendezvous is held at Lake Storey Park. Popular culture Galesburg is the birthplace of George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., inventor of the Ferris wheel. According to legend, the four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Gummo) first received their nicknames at Galesburg's Gaity Theatre in 1914. Nicknames ending in -o were popular in the early 20th century, and a fellow vaudevillian, Art Fisher, supposedly bestowed them upon the brothers during a poker game there. Zeppo Marx received his nickname later. Galesburg features prominently in The Mountain Goats' song Weekend in Western Illinois from the album Full Force Galesburg. Galesburg is mentioned in the book The Prestige. Writer Jack Finney, author of The Body Snatchers, uses Galesburg as a setting for several of his time-travel tales, including 1957's About Time, in which he uses 941 Willard Street, and 1962's I Love Galesburg in the Springtime. The 1981 horror film Strange Behavior is set in Galesburg. Galesburg is mentioned in Stephen King's book Dolores Claiborne. Galesburg is mentioned in Richard Bach's 1977 novel Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. Galesburg and Knox College are both mentioned in Walter Dean Myers's novel Fallen Angels, about the Vietnam War. An android (impersonating a guest character) in The Six Million Dollar Man episode "Day of the Robot" mentions that "his" father operated a gym in Galesburg. Barack Obama mentioned Galesburg during his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and near the beginning of his 2010 State of the Union Address. Obama also visited Galesburg High School in 2011 to speak to students while in the area for a Midwestern bus tour. Baseball legend Jimmie Foxx lived out some of his last years as a greeter at a steakhouse in Galesburg. Foxx left just before his death in 1967. Ronald Reagan attended second grade at Silas Willard Elementary School between 1917 and 1918. He portrayed pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander in the movie The Winning Team in 1952, starting with Alexander's stint with the minor-league