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Object Description

Object ID

2010.001.127

Title

Procession of officials and participants at May Day celebrations.

Date

May 1960.

Description

Procession of officials and participants at May Day celebrations. Reeve Poppy escorting retiring May Queen Karen Reid (front), new May Queen Wendy Lesiuk (behind), John Condor escorting Miss Canada (third) and Queen Mother, Mrs. Copeland can be seen in a dark dress and hat. The Langley Advance, May 26, 1960, page 3.

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.

May Queen

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-230/1026)

Poppy, David William, Jr.

David William Poppy was Mayor of the Township of Langley from 1967 - 1971, Reeve 1956 - 1967 and Councillor in 1944, 1946 - 1955.
Term Source: Roads & Other Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg 41(Pepin).

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