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Brooklyn Fair

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The Brooklyn Fair is an annual agricultural fair held in Brooklyn, Connecticut for the first time in 1809. It is considered the oldest continuously active agricultural fair in the United States.

The fair is organized by the Windham County Agricultural Society

History

  • In 1809, the first year of the fair, it was held on the site of what is currently known as the Vanilla Bean Cafe
  • In the following years, the event was hosted in rotation in Woodstock, Brooklyn, and Pomfret, Connecticut
  • About 10 years after the first fair, in 1820, the ~100 founders incorporated in the Windham County Agricultural Society.
  • In the year 2000 the Society was recognized for its efforts by the Library of Congress in its "Bicentennial Local Legacies Project" as part of its 200th Anniversary celebration.

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    Brooklyn Fair Wikipedia
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