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Object ID
4524
Title
Girls of the May Queen pageant on the stage beside the Fort Langley Community Hall.
Date
[between 1931 and 1936].
Description
Girls chosen for the May Queen pageant on the stage platform, beside the Fort Langley Community Hall.
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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)
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