Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

1996.055.016

Title

Three Men Preparing a Horse for the Fort Langley May Day Parade.

Date

[between 1979 and 1983].

Description

A photograph of three men attempting to calm and prepare a horse for the Fort Langley May Day Parade. They are putting the collar around its neck for it to be attached to a cart or wagon. On the left side, there is the body of a horse with a wall in the way of its face from the camera's perspective.

People/Subject

May Day celebrations

Fort Langley established its May Day in 1922, and it continues to be an annual tradition (2003). In Langley, May Day refers to the 24 of May, the date of the birth of Queen Victoria. The first May Day was held in Fort Langley, then the event moved to Langley Prairie from 1923-1957. In 1958 the Langley Kinsmen gave up the event, and it returned to Fort Langley where it was organized by the Community Improvement Society and the Fort Langley Lions club, and finally a community committee. May Day celebrations include the crowning of the May Queen and the May pole dancing.

Superbase See Also: May Day Celebrations - Langley Prairie
Term Source: Warren Sommer's "From Prairie to City", p. 154.

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