Travels in the 2nd half

This year I had the opportunity to visit the New York State Fair for the first time since I was 10 years old. In my previous post I wrote about the admiration for the young people who come to fair to build their skills as farmers and in showing their animals. I had a great time watching them. But there is so much to do at the fair. I could write pages on everything that you COULD do, but luckily the NY State Fair has a great web page . There were some activities that I loved and feel and are really the DON’T MISS things when you visit. The Pan-African Village Located between the Art and Home Center and the Center of Progress Building, The Pan-African Village is a tribute to roll of African Americans in the past and present of NY State culture and business. Here you will find vendors selling African carvings and Shea Butter. There were food choices that include traditional soul, Jamaican and Puerto Rican dishes. But to me, the heart of the Pan-African Village is ...

For twelve days every year, ending on Labor Day Weekend, Syracuse N.Y. hosts The Great New York State Fair. Some state fairs might get more publicity (I’m looking at you, Iowa and Texas) but the New York State Fair can hold its head up high as a great celebration of farm and fun. The first New York State Fair took place in 1841 in Syracuse NY. It was sponsored by the NY Agricultural Society. For the next 58 years the fair moved around the state from year to year. In 1889 the Syracuse Land Company donated 100 acres of land to the Agricultural Society for the building of a permanent fair grounds. Today the fairgrounds occupy 375 acres and include animal barns and show rings, exhibition buildings and a midway with about 70 rides.   NY State Fair - 1909 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Nystate-fair_1909.jpg NY State Fair Midway - 1910 - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Nystate-fair_1910_midway.jpg I had not bee...