American Circus Day 2024
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I know it used to come to our state capital frequently in the past, but those days are over. It seems that the city administration in charge didn't like the elephant walk from the train station to the elephant room of Carolina Coliseum and the train station itself fell victim to a railroad relocation project.
So now we don't have the circus where I live. I recall that the circus which used to come so frequently in the past is no more, having closed in 2017. I traveled to their winter home in Venice Florida about 30 years ago with my friend the late Dewitt Casey. It was a poignant interlude and I enjoyed my time there.
Today is American Circus Day. It is celebrated each year on April third.
It marks the anniversary of the first circus performance in the US which happend on April 3rd 231 years ago, and was organized by one John Bill Ricketts a brit horseman.
So in my home town what once was growing by leaps and bounds yearly is no more. There are reports of the circus returning ... not locally but elsewhere.
The Circus has seen better days.