American Independence Festival
Held at the American Independence Museum, this annual one-day festival brings colonial history vividly to life with reenactors, 18th-century artisan demonstrations, colonial games, and a viewing of the original Declaration of Independence brought to Exeter in 1776.
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"A beloved three-day agricultural fair on the Connecticut River plain, drawing the rural communities of Sullivan County together for livestock shows, ox pulls, local exhibits, and old-fashioned New England fairground traditions."
Cornish Fair
"Deep in New Hampshire's North Country, this quirky two-day celebration of all things moose combines calling contests, a classic car show, maple tastings, local food vendors, and a dog show in the remote border town of Colebrook."
North Country Moose Festival
"The beloved institution of Coos County, running for over 154 years in the Great North Woods, drawing an authentically local crowd to five days of livestock shows, harness racing, and classic fair entertainment at the edge of the White Mountains."
Lancaster Fair
"A true community agricultural fair set in the quiet village of New Boston, offering livestock competitions, local exhibits, and classic fairground entertainment as the rural heart of Hillsborough County's farming heritage."
Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair
"Held at Loon Mountain Resort deep in the White Mountains at the cusp of New England's fall foliage season, this 51st-annual three-day festival brings together Highland athletics, sheepdog trials, pipe bands, clan gatherings, and try-it street curling to one of the most scenically dramatic small-town settings in the northeast."
NH Highland Games and Festival
"A gloriously niche one-day celebration of the humble pickle in a small Cheshire County town, bringing together vendors, pickle tastings, and the kind of good-natured small-town festivity that only New England can produce."
Winchester Pickle Festival
"Buckley's beloved antique engine and tractor show preserves the mechanical heritage of Michigan's rural farming past, drawing enthusiasts from across the Midwest for four days of steam engines, threshing demonstrations, and old-iron camaraderie in a small northwest Michigan village."
Buckley Old Engine Show
"A moving annual commemoration in the tiny Johnson County village of Butler, which was deliberately flooded by the Watauga Dam in the 1940s, reuniting descendants and former residents to remember the lost original town now beneath Watauga Lake."
Old Butler Day Festival
"A single-day community heritage celebration in the heart of small-town Harrington, Delaware, honoring the agricultural and railroad history of this central Kent County market town."
Harrington Heritage Day
"A three-day antique power and heritage show in the small Marathon County village of Edgar, where steam engines, threshing, and old-time farm demonstrations preserve central Wisconsin's agricultural past."
Edgar Steam Show
"An annual celebration of Midway's Swiss immigrant heritage held over Labor Day weekend, featuring an outdoor craft fair, folk dancing, a parade, and Swiss cultural entertainment in the scenic Heber Valley."
Swiss Days
"Since 1968, St. Maries has kicked off Labor Day weekend by celebrating its logging heritage with axe throwing, crosscut competitions, pole climbing, a parade, and carnival, using folk hero Paul Bunyan as its mascot."
Paul Bunyan Days