Established in 1896, the long-running Ladner May Days is coming up May 24 to 26. In addition to the parade, the event at Memorial Park will be full of children's activities, community displays, amusement rides, food trucks, a market, parade, entertainment for all ages and much more.
Let’s take a step back in time and check out some of the early fairs.
Here’s the May Queen for 1919, Rose Montgomery Briggs, and attendants on steps of Delta Municipal Hall
Here’s the May Day celebrations of 1900 showing the May Queen of 1899, Mabel Thirkle, placing a crown of flowers on the May Queen elected for 1900, Alice Ladner
Horses pulling the May Queen during Ladner’s May Day in 1916
Here’s Ebba Bowing being crowned May Queen for 1922, while Reeve J. A. Williamson is also on hand watching
Children in 1932 dancing around the May Pole
This is a photograph of the 1922 parade from the vantage of Delta Street looking north as the parade passes the Ladner Baptist Church (now the home of the Delta Optimist) on the way to Memorial Park
Girls from Kennedy Elementary School dancing for the crowd in 1940
