The practice has its roots in ancient pagan traditions that were persecuted by the Puritans.

The Swedish Day Midsummer Festival returns for its 113th year on Sunday, June 18, at Good Templar Park in Geneva. "Svenskarnas Dag" is the Midwest's oldest Midsummer festival, dating back to 1911.

FROM morris dancing and maypole twirling to crowning the May Queen, May Day is one of the UK’s oldest seasonal celebrations.

In a nod to the past — the very old past — the village of Orland Park hosted a May Day celebration Saturday. The spring celebration can be traced back to Roman times, but the village’s historical ...

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May Day has ancient, pagan roots, harmonizing with a modern-day appreciation of its association with the verdant, reanimating time of mid-spring. Beltane is the name of the pagan celebration of one of ...

May Day 2026 was celebrated with dawn Morris dancing across parts of the UK and a revived maypole event at California’s Pelican Inn. Rooted in ancient seasonal customs, both traditions brought ...

SPRINGTIME SCHOOL DAY: Was the day that you got out of class, just a few weeks ahead of summer vacation, to learn the maypole dance, just about the most exciting event of your elementary school life?

Happy May Day! In celebration of the traditional day of springtime festivities we take a look at past May Day celebrations in Prospect Park. The events, whether in 1919 or 1971, included a maypole as ...