Kent Cornucopia Days

Sal is a voice that rides along as you drive Washington's roads: the road ahead, the pass, the stories of the places you pass.

Kent Cornucopia Days has roots in the 1930s, when the valley celebrated lettuce with a festival named for it. That version went quiet for a stretch, then returned in 1946 under a new name, the Cornucopia Festival. It disappeared again for a number of years. The Kent Lions, a nonprofit, took it over in 1972 and called it Meeker Days. In 1980 they changed the name once more, so folks wouldn't mix it up with a Puyallup festival. Two names fell away along the way, and the one that stuck is the horn of plenty. The Lions still produce it each year. Dragon boats race on Lake Meridian, runners and walkers follow the Green River, and a parade rolls along Fourth Avenue. Thousands turn out. [1]