A century ago this month, the annual Burlington Fair raised money to erect a World War memorial on the common. Which world war? The World War. There was only one until ol’ Adolph started acting up in 1939 — but that’s 14 years into the future right now.
Here are some ads for the “pretentious” Burlington Fair — and some other local events a century ago this month.
Unfortunately, someone died en route to the Fair in September of 1925. This article calls it the Grange Fair because it was sponsored by the Grange, a civic group that supports farmers. The word means “farmhouse” in French.
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