SAUGUS — The Saugus Historical Society hosted their annual Strawberry Festival. It’s peak strawberry season as the high summer months approach, and the Saugus Historical Society and Saugus residents celebrated with strawberries galore. Inside the American Legion on Taylor Street, many residents gathered with the cool air conditioning flowing to enjoy lovely summertime treats — strawberries, strawberry shortcake, the festival had it all — even hot dogs and soda.
Legion Hall, Saugus Historical Society President Laura Eisener said, has been a gracious host of the festival for several decades, and that the space is wonderful. Outside of Legion Hall, the Saugus Garden Club and other small vendors around town were selling crafts and plants on the lawn of the Roby School as well. The festival, which has been going on in Saugus and put together by the Historical Society since 1986, has ensured that there has been no shortage of smiles and strawberries for residents in the warm weather.
“It is kind of an homage to the colonial strawberry festivals that people had to celebrate the first ripe fruits of the season,” Eisener said. Eisener said that she was pleased with the turnout for the festival, and that the weather was wonderful, saying that it was much better than the rain which had occurred on last year’s festival. Randy-Sue Abber, who was helping to serve residents food, said that a lot of the accouterments for the hot dogs had been donated by various local businesses.
