May Day Festival, 1971, kangaroo court

This image shows a student dressed as a judge for the kangaroo court sponsored by the Law Association during the May Day Play Day, the annual May Day festival held at Sanford Mall at Appalachian State University (1967-current) on May 8, 1971. Other students can be seen in the background. The May Day Play Day in 1971 was organized with a New Orleans Bourbon Street theme, and included jazz music, booths, games, a coin-toss, an ice cream parlor, sideshows, body painting, pea shooting, the Appalette's egg combat booth, and the Golden Capers' pie throwing contest.

Students

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Festivals

May Day

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 36, Student Activities F1, C14.2.6.6.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1971-05-08

News Bureau

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Photographs

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Appalachian State University. Law Association

Sanford Mall (n.d.)

Series 5 -- Students, Student Organizations, Student Life

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