1. History

2. Entertainment

3. References

The Brooklyn Fair is an annual agricultural fair held in Brooklyn, Connecticut^[1] for the first time in 1809.^[2] It is considered the oldest continuously active agricultural fair in the United States.^[2][3][4]

The fair is organized by the Windham County Agricultural Society^[5]

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 ^[6]
• 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.^[3]

Entertainment

References

• Little Elgin
• Little Elk Farm
• Little Elk River
• Little Elk Township, Minnesota
• Little Ellingham
• Little Elm River
• Little Elsie
• Little Emajogi
• Little Emerald
• Little Emerald Moth
• Little emperors
• Little-endian
• Little England (disambiguation)
• Little Entrance
• Little epauletted fruit-bat
• Little Esther (album)
• Little Ethiopia, Los Angeles, California
• Little Etobicoke Creek
• Little Eva (aircraft)
• Little Eva (disambiguation)
• Little Eva: The Flower of the South
• Little Eve
• Little Expressionless Animals
• Little Fairy Tern
• Little Falling River