
The coronavirus has taken down another event. The Big Butler Fair, which has taken place every year since the Civil War, has been canceled. According to a report from the Butler Eagle, the fair’s board of directors announced late Tuesday night that it was canceled. “Due to the COVID-19 social gathering restrictions imposed by the state of Pennsylvania, the Board of Directors of the Big Butler Fair announce with heavy hearts the cancellation of the 165th Big Butler Fair,” fair board secretary Harold Dunn said in a statement. “Not since the Civil War has the fair been canceled.”