Day 8 (D-55) Cheyenne, the cowboys, Frontier Days

First, today is July 14th, so Happy Bastille Day! 🎆🎇🎆 Cheyenne Frontier Days is a different celebration! 🐴

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Cheyenne Frontier Days is an outdoor rodeo and western celebration held annually since 1897 in Cheyenne, Wyoming.  The event, claimed to be one of the largest of its kind in the world, draws nearly 200,000 people every year.  It's the peak tourist season throughout southern and eastern Wyoming and even into Colorado and Nebraska. The ten-day celebration is always at the end of July.  It will be from July 19th to July 28th in 2019.  A pity we will miss it, but we'll have an opportunity to see a rodeo later on during our trip.

Take a look here: 

https://www.cfdrodeo.com/?utm_source=madden&utm_medium=googlecpc&utm_campaign=semcwy&utm_content=frontierdays&gclid=CjwKCAjw0ZfoBRB4EiwASUMdYWHVRPU3N6Hly6SjwiY6_8AFMorwtiJCm2AEDdBDkqe2TfeDWlB-cBoC084QAvD_BwE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m9nYh0Shoo 

It should be noted that animal protection groups, like SHARK (SHow Animals Respect and Kindness), are against this festival.  Many Americans, like many Europeans with their bullfights, are questioning the traditions of the past.

We will visit the Frontier Days Old West Museum.  As the brochure suggests, we'll travel back in time and relive the western legend. Permanent exhibits include Western horse-drawn carriages and wagons, the history and memorabilia of Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo celebration, local history of Cheyenne, pioneer artifacts and clothing, and Western and folk art.  

Yes, I have already been there!

My best,

Jane
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--draws = attracts, brings in
--artifacts = American spelling; artefacts, British spelling

--folk art = Folk art expresses cultural identity by conveying (transmettre) community values and aesthetics.  It includes a range of functional and decorative media, including cloth, wood, paper, clay (argile), metal and more.