Grange Encampment & Fair149 Homan Lane Centre Hall, PA 16828
https://grangefair.com/
What began in 1877 as a one day picnic for farmers, today is a week long fair, and the last existing Encampment Fair in America, with 1,000 tents set up each year for families to live in during the event. Each tent rental is passed from family to family - bequeathed in wills and designated in divorces. When the waiting list reached 500, the committee stopped taking names, as only 2-3 tents ever become available each year.
And it all began with the civil war. Here's the history behind Centre Counties Fair and Encampment:
