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The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009. [4] [5]
The Big E, formally known as The Eastern States Exposition, is an annual fair in West Springfield, Massachusetts, which opens on the second Friday after Labor Day and runs for seventeen days. It is billed as "New England's Great State Fair," the largest agricultural event on the eastern seaboard and the fifth-largest fair in the nation. [2]
Dannel Patrick Malloy (/ ˈ d æ n əl m ə ˈ l ɔɪ /; born July 21, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 88th governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he chaired the Democratic Governors Association from 2016 to 2017.
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The 2023 event drew about 125,000, topping the 114,000 in 2022 and 110,000 in 2021. Prior to ... Fair attendance declines 9% due to heat, economy, organizer says
How does attendance at the 2024 Iowa State Fair compare to 2023? Attendance in 2024 was up slightly from 2023 when 98,751 people attended the seventh day. Day: 2024 (2023)
A two-horse pulling contest at the 89th annual Durham Fair on September 28, 2008 Country music artist Phil Vassar gives a performance at the 2008 fair. The Durham Fair, held in Durham, Connecticut, [1] is one of the largest agricultural fairs in New England and was first held in 1916. The four-day event takes place during the last full weekend ...
Between 1996 and 1999, she was a vice president for Greenwich United Way in Greenwich, Connecticut. [7] Then she became a marketing director for The Taubman Company where she led the marketing of Stamford Town Center. [8] Between 2001 and 2011, Malloy was an executive director for The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education in ...