PEMBERVILLE — To relive some history, the Pemberville Free Fair will be hosting it’s “Let’s Reminisce” program again this year.
On Friday from 9:30 a.m. to noon, the fair will be hosting a discussion in the Entertainment Tent where community members can come and share memories from the past. Anyone is welcome and people are encouraged to bring pictures or historical records if they have them.
Sandy Leuck, the fair treasurer, said this has been something the fair has been hosting for the last four or five years and it gives people the opportunity to remember and learn more about Pemberville’s history.
“We just like to get together and talk about history, and not everybody comes to the historical society meetings, and so this kind of opens it up to the whole community,” Leuck said.
For the past few years, Leuck said people have come to the discussion with memories they want to share, and some have even brought old pictures and records. While much of the turnout are older generations, Leuck said she hopes the younger generations will come check it out this year so that the memories can continue to be passed down.
Some of the stories, records and pictures from previous years can be found in the historical society and the library and Leuck said she hopes the fair encourages people to go check them out.
“The younger people need to know that there is a history to everything that Pemberville is all about,” Leuck said. “Yesterday I went to the library and was looking at the records, and I was going to spend a half an hour, ended up spending two hours. It’s just so interesting to see what the buildings used to look like and that kind of thing.”
This discussion also gives community members the chance to talk to each other and learn new things about their community.
Leuck said she hopes by remembering the past, it will also encourage younger generations to take interest in Pemberville’s history and continue to keep the memories alive.
“That they (younger generations) will go to the library and go to our meetings and stuff and learn and take over for the older people,” Leuck said.
The fair will also have a variety of other events and entertainment opportunities for kids and adults. Events and entertainment will include bingo, a cupcake walk, a kid’s cow milling contest, music and more. The fair starts today and runs through Saturday.
