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Fairbanks Celebrates Summer Solstice.The article discusses the annual Midnight Sun Festival in Fairbanks, Alaska.EBSCO_bspAlaska Business Monthly
TheFairbanks Midnight Sun Baseball Gameis a 118-year-old tradition that began in 1906 as abar bet. Teams play on June 21 each year, with the first pitch thrown around 10 p.m. No artificial lighting is used—that far north, the sunlight lingers past midnight on the solstice. While...
Many other U.S. cities may not experience the same dramatic increase in daylight that Fairbanks does, but still celebrate the summer solstice.Seattleis one of those cities, with a massive festival in the Fremont neighborhood. This year, the Fremont Summer Solstice Art Fair will take place from...
Artur Widak/NurPhoto/AP In Eastern Europe, the summer solstice is connected with Ivan Kupala Day – a holiday with romantic connotations for many Slavs (“kupala” is derived from the same word as “cupid”). It’s also called Kupala Night (love doesn’t stick to a str...