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and the competition from more exciting thrill rides like those at Bush Gardens.


In 1985, the Buckroe Beach Amusement Park closed and the


carousel closed with it. In 1986, the City of Hampton pur- chased the land and the carousel. The carousel was dismantled and stored. Michael Cobb, a curator of the Hampton Carousel, recalled, “The carousel originally belonged to the Stevens family, who owned Buckroe Park. Then when the city bought it, the carousel was dismantled and stored in an old school, the horses were stored in the city hall on the ninth floor, and the organ was stored in another school in Hampton. Then what we called the ‘Roaring Restoration’ began. The carousel had been in storage for a number of years. The Roaring Restoration was a group of people who came together to raise funds for the restoration. To earn money, they sold dedication plaques for horses, paintings, chariots, etc. The funds raised were in excess of a million dollars for the restoration. A gifted restorer named William Finkelstein was commissioned to restore the carousel. Before the carousel was shipped away, we had a going-away party for the horses.” Once the restoration was complete and upon its return to Hampton, the carousel was reassembled in a new octagonal shaped, weather protected pavilion right across from the Vir- ginia Space Museum. It is now a fully working carousel with all the sights and sounds of the original when it was built during the Golden Age of the Carousel. Thanks to the efforts of Ms. Elizabeth Panzer, who initiated the idea of saving the carousel, along with Hampton Mayor James Daeson, the Hampton Carousel remains for generations to come to enjoy as one of the most outstanding examples of the Philadelphia style. It is an outstanding example of a dwindling number of Golden Age carousels still in operation today. We are extremely fortunate here in Virginia that we have one of the finest examples of a Golden Age carousel in pristine operating condition. For more information about the Hampton Carousel visit http://www.hampton.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/1 or google Hampton Carousel. Better yet, take the whole family, young and old, for a glorious ride on a working, beautiful piece of history. It is joy to behold and a bargain at just $1 a ride. Like genera- tions of families before, in good times and bad, they will thrill to


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