In reply to several messages I've received from the list for more info, Carter Co. Memory Days is an annual event. I also posted info last year. I do apologize for the late posting this year. A contest is held a couple of months prior to the event to determine that year's theme. The permanent overall theme is "Come to Grayson to Remember and to Be Remembered". Memory Days begins the weekend before Memorial Day with a beauty pageant to crown Miss Memory Days and two-day benefit golf tournament at one of the Local State Parks (for those of you not familiar with the actual area, Grayson is known as "The Heart of the Parks", because we are surrounded by three State Parks - Carter Caves State Park, Grayson Lake State Park and Greenbo State Park). On Thursday before Memorial Day, Memory Days officially opens with a ceremony on the downtown parking lot and is followed by an evening of outdoor clogging and performances by different bands. Most of the downtown merchants have special sales and their front windows include displays of historical memorabilia and pictures. These window displays are judged on Thursday for the best display and winners are announced Thursday. There are commercial, carnival-style food wagons set up downtown from Thursday through Saturday and local charity groups etc also set up bake sales and food tables. This year there was also an antique auction at Kentucky Antiques and Collectibles on Main Street. Friday is a busy time at the Carter Co. Courthouse in Grayson as travelers get into town early and stop by to look for an ancestor or two. Friday night there will be additional bands playing downtown and there is an event known as "A Stroll Down Main Street". Beginning around 5:00 pm people dress in period costumes (there is a judging for this event as well) and stroll up and down Main Street and everyone takes this time to particularly check out the store window displays. Saturday includes the annual parade. A different grand marshall is chosen each year. Chuck Woolery, hometown boy and National TV game show host, was grand marshall a few years ago. Other Saturday events include the Anna Robinson Memorial Art Show in the City Park, a sidewalk Chalk Art Contest for the children, the Prichard Alumni Dinner (people from all the many generations that attended Prichard gather for a dinner at the school), the first night of the horse show, square dancing and folk music at Carter Caves, local yard sells, Grayson Fire House lunch (the firemen cook lunch, last year it was a catfish fry and this year is a rib feast) Merchant sales, etc. Sunday wraps up the event with the final night of the horse show. Each year there are tee-shirts, badges and caps sold that display that year's theme. Many residents have collections that go back to the first Memory Days in the mid-70's. Many of the area family cemeteries hold reunions on this weekend and of course if you are looking for a particular cemetery or just want to go cemetery hunting in general, this weekend is the best possible time to go. It's very rare to find any cemetery not properly mowed and opened for visiting on Memorial Day Weekend. It has been my experience that at many rural cemeteries an elder member of the family can often be found at the family cemetery, greeting the visitors and always ready to talk about the "good 'ole days" with anyone willing to listen. Memory Days is a really big event in Grayson. Each year there are many other activities that are not always repeated but are still enjoyable such as this year's Motorcycle Show and the Health Fair. This year's events also included the burial of a time capsule to be dug up in 50 years. So each year for Memorial Day you should plan to "Come to Grayson to Remember and to be Remembered"! God Bless! Sherry J. Lowe