Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

1996.055.121

Title

Two Horses Pulling a Cart in the Fort Langley May Day Parade.

Date

May 1986.

Description

A black and white photograph of two dark horses pulling a cart in the Fort Langley May Day Parade. There is a man driving the horse with another person sitting next o him. On the side of the cart is a sign that says "VGS Valley/ Gravel Sales". There is a man riding a horse behind the cart, and there are people sitting and standing on the side of the road, watching the parade.

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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