Summer is coming.
May activities and traditions from my little home town in Kentucky.
This is a photo of School Day at the Washington County Fair c. May 1925. Each class appears to be in costume. "George Washington" is at the right.
This shot was obviously taken from inside of the audience area since there is a pole obstructing the view.
I remember this location very well.
It was the Gazebo in the center of the horse show arena. The annual horse show was a big deal when I was a young girl.
My grandfather and father raised horses that performed in this arena.
There was an organ in the Gazebo and a young boy in our town played that organ for years for the show.
I remember attending the fair in the 40s and 50s as an elementary school student.
Photo courtesy of Washington County Kentucky Bicentennial History
1792-1992
Photo courtesy of Washington County Kentucky Bicentennial History
1792-1992
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers:
Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.
I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes,
Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.
Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
Hesperides (1648)
Hesperides (1648)
