Alki Point Picnic A Rousing Success
Twelve hundred residents gather for games, dancing, and festivities to support school music programs.
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About twelve hundred persons, old and young, attended the public school picnic at Alki Point yesterday, and nothing occurred during the day to mar the pleasure of the occasion. The sports on the ground consisted in racing for prizes offered by our merchants, dancing and having a good time generally. There was no drunkenness and no boisterous conduct. The May pole dance was participated in by many gayly dressed children and was a pleasant sight to behold. The receipts, above expenses, are to be applied to the purchase of a piano for the Sixth street school.
“There was no drunkenness and no boisterous conduct.”
Alki Point remains a cherished public space for Seattleites. Today’s gatherings are still defined by the same impulse to support public education and community cohesion, reflecting a continuity in how neighborhoods claim the waterfront for civic leisure.
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