[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6150]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  SALUTE TO THE 150TH HERITAGE CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT FREDERICK FAIR

  (Mr. BARTLETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today and urge my colleagues to 
join me in saluting the 150th Heritage Celebration of what is now known 
as the Great Frederick Fair of Frederick County, Maryland. I have been 
attending it now for a third of its life, for 50 years. It will take 
place May 19 and 20 at the E-ventplex at the Frederick Fairgrounds.
  Our Civil War and influenza outbreaks were among the events which 
precluded consecutive exhibitions since the inception of the first fair 
with competitions and exhibitions of livestock and other entries 
organized by the Frederick County Agricultural Society in 1821.
  The first such event was entitled the Cattle Show and Fair and was 
held on May 23 and 24, 1822, at George Creager's Tavern at the Monocacy 
Bridge. Today the Frederick County Agriculture Society still exists, 
with 250 life members.
  The next venture was the Farmers Club, organized on November 22, 
1849, which then held an exhibition where the Maryland School for the 
Deaf now stands on October 12 14, 1853.
  The present site of the Great Frederick Fair was purchased at 797 
East Patrick Street in the early 1900s. Construction began in 1911 with 
the grandstand, which is still used today. The Great Frederick Fair is 
a testament to the ongoing contributions of farmers to the economy and 
civic life of Frederick County, Maryland. You need to come. It's the 
best fair in Maryland.

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