Hilltown Digest: Year after year it’s picnic table 63
A picture from the 2021 Memorial Day weekend picnic that was originally started by Helen Kagan, seated in the middle. Due to inclement weather, the picnic was held at the Mallory home rather than table 63 at Look Park. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Published: 6/3/2021 4:27:30 PM
The COVID-19 pandemic canceled many traditions last year, from big Thanksgiving get-togethers to the Cummington Fair. But one decades-long tradition that was called off for the first time last year resumed last Sunday: the Memorial Day weekend family picnic first started by Helen Kagan in the late 1960s.
“I never knew that it would be a tradition,” said Kagan, now 92. “But I’m so happy that it is.”