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Object ID
0496
Title
May Day ceremonies in New Westminster, B.C.
Date
May 1907.
Description
May Day ceremonies in New Westminster, B.C. Two images, one is a post card.
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Studio imprint on front bottom centre. Inscription on back: letter to C.E. Armstrong from Jack. Post card has one cent stamp in upper right.
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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.
New Westminster (B.C.)
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