{"id":9340,"date":"2021-11-30T00:10:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T00:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=9340"},"modified":"2021-11-30T00:10:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T00:10:56","slug":"the-la-county-fair-celebrates-its-centennial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2021\/11\/30\/the-la-county-fair-celebrates-its-centennial\/","title":{"rendered":"The LA County Fair Celebrates its Centennial!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u><br><\/u><\/strong>The LA County Fair will be celebrating its 100th\u00a0Anniversary this May with\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cBack\u00a0To Our Roots\u201d theme. That\u2019s right, the first Fair took place in 1922,\u00a0and is celebrating its centennial! The 100th\u00a0Anniversary celebration will begin Thursday, May 5 through Monday, May 30, 2022,\u00a0and will pay homage to the past 100 years of fair food, fun\u00a0and memories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s historic\u00a0and vintage badge-inspired logo contains several elements that represent the history of the Fair. To start, the roots growing out of the logo\u00a0are depictive of the \u201cBack\u00a0To Our Roots\u201d theme\u00a0as well\u00a0as the Farm.\u00a0The barley icons\u00a0are\u00a0emblematic\u00a0of what propagated the Fairplex location in the past,\u00a0and the olive branches symbolize peace, reconciliation\u00a0and pay tribute to the\u00a0International\u00a0Extra Virgin Olive Oil\u00a0Competition. The\u00a0Ferris wheel signifies the Fair\u2019s iconic\u00a0attractions,\u00a0and the cow represents the\u00a0agricultural\/farm\u00a0aspects that the Fair brings to the community\u00a0annually.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the logo design to various exhibits, we will be highlighting the rich history of\u00a0an event that has brought smiles to countless individuals. With\u00a0an emphasis\u00a0on\u00a0classic fair food,\u00a0animal\u00a0&amp;\u00a0agricultural\u00a0experiences\u00a0and carnival rides, the 2022 LA County Fair will be\u00a0one that you certainly do not want to miss!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LA County Fair will be celebrating its 100th\u00a0Anniversary this May with\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cBack\u00a0To Our Roots\u201d theme. That\u2019s right, the first Fair took place in 1922,\u00a0and is celebrating its centennial! The 100th\u00a0Anniversary celebration will begin Thursday, May 5 through Monday, May 30, 2022,\u00a0and will pay homage to the past 100 years of fair food, fun\u00a0and memories.\u00a0\u00a0 This&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[1373,1374,351,457,528,607,614,708,757],"class_list":["post-9340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fairnews","category-uncategorized","tag-back-to-our-roots","tag-centennial","tag-fair","tag-fun","tag-hot-blog-on-a-stick","tag-l-a-county-fair","tag-la-county-fair","tag-lacf","tag-los-angeles-county-fair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LA-County-Fair-2022_Full-Color-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9343,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9340\/revisions\/9343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}