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| A Reassembled Oktoberfest Snapshot from the September 1955 issue of Time Magazine |
Happy Oktoberfest! Well, at least here in the Midwest.
Traditionally Oktoberfest (or Wiesn as it’s known in Germany)
is held in Munich and runs from late September to the first weekend in October.
At its heart, Oktoberfest is a fair but it started its long history as a
wedding reception for Prince Ludwig and his bride Princess Therese of
Saxe-Hildburghausen. On that auspicious day in 1810, the citizens of Munich
were invited to attend a celebration in the fields outside the Munich city
gates. There was drinking, food, and horse racing and over the centuries
Oktoberfest grew to become the celebration it is today.
So raise a stein of extra-strong beer and strike up the
band, there’s a polka to dance and sausages with sauerkraut to eat tonight!
