Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2009.015.064

Title

Mayor Easingwood in the Fort Langley May Day Parade 1984.

Date

May 1984.

Description

Mayor Easingwood in the Fort Langley May Day Parade 1984. He is sitting in Pat Carmen's 1926 Model T Truck with an unidentified woman, presumably his wife.

People/Subject

Easingwood, Reg

Reg Easingwood was born on March 23, 1924, in Vancouver. He grew up in Milner and Langley. He served as a mechanic during World War II, in England and France. Reg also served as councillor and mayor in Langley City.

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.

parades