Country: USA
Area: Knightstown
Annual Festival Day
or more like “Made in the U.S.A” day.
This was my first experience of an annual festival in a rural town in the U.S.A.
Knightstown is a little town about an hours drive from Indianapolis and typical of a mid West old town in a corn farming area. Houses and State buildings date back to the mid 1800’s.
On the day of the Festival there was everything from horse drawn wagons to Fire Dept tenders, Hot Dogs and Popcorn smothered with butter and even a Golden Oldies band. Vehicles from the 1930’s being driven by elderly ladies with hair that looked like candy floss.
The best was the old lady riding the biggest most powerful quad bike I have ever seen. The wide main street and old buildings was a reminder of the Wild West movies we used to enjoy.
There was and probably still is an eating house run by the American Legion where one could enjoy a meal at a good price. The local railway station was no longer in operation and placards stuck on the windows were very descriptive blaming President Obama for its closure.
The Post Office had the most interesting murals painted in the hallway.
