“He Ho, Come to the Fair"

Title

“He Ho, Come to the Fair"

Description

Relates the history of segregated white and black county fairs in the early 1900s. School teachers encouraged students to compete at the county fairs.

Source

The Historical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia, Inc. Yearbook, Vol. 26, pp.83-85, Editors Dziobeck, Ring, Sprouse.

Virginia Room, City of Fairfax Regional Library

Citation

““He Ho, Come to the Fair",” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed October 24, 2026, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/256.