Hoop-rolling at Monticello

By Hawes Spencer | editor@readthehook.com
Published online 10:03am Sunday Sep 18th, 2011
and in print issue #1038 dated Thursday Sep 22nd, 2011

Monticello's famous West Lawn harked back to the earlier days depicted in a famous watercolor as youths tried "hoop rolling," a venerable pastime, during the annual Harvest Festival. The grey skies seemed to trim attendance this year (and last year's 30-minute waits for goat kabobs seemed trimmed this year by the $15 price tag for the savory snack).

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2 comments

Suggest Shawn September 20th, 2011 | 12:55pm

Hawes/webmaster!!! Make these "Snaps" click-able from the home page. Currently, it's a maze to find this page.

NancyDrew September 21st, 2011 | 8:28pm

Oh to be a kid again .....imagine a childhood with hoop games instead of computers.