Antique
July 25, 2024
This year’s Mid-Ohio Antique Farm Machinery Show kicks off Friday with a series of events at the Richwood Fairgrounds. It will lead up to a parade through town at 6 p.m. The show, which celebrates the history and legacy of farm equipment over the deacdes, will run July 26-28 at the fairgrounds. Visitors can see demonstraions of farm tasks like the one above. See the inside of the newspaper for a full schedule. (File photo)

Antique tractor show set to start this weekend

 

By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette

Richwood’s 16th annual Mid-Ohio Antique Farm Machinery Show is set to kick off this weekend with a packed Friday full of activities.

Event organizer and president, Tom Meyers, said that first day has the show’s highest number of events at the Richwood Fairgrounds, all leading up to the evening’s parade through town.

“I look forward to that parade every year. It’s the crowning jewell of the show on Friday night,” Meyers said.

In year’s past, the parade conflicted with the North Union Athletic Committee raffle held in Waldo, but Meyers said that won’t be the case this year.

“It’s not on the same nig…

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