5:20 pm, September 2, 2015
On Sept. 7, 1956 the Vineyard Gazette reported that folks sang and danced at Church’s Pier the night after Labor Day accompanied by fireworks signifying that autumn had begun. It was a revival of a long-held celebration in Cottage City some 70 years past when volunteer performers supplied the dancing music Monday afternoon and evening at the Wesley House and the porch of the Island House. A broadcasting company taped it and the recordings were sold to raise money for the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
