After a year break due to the coronavirus pandemic, the North Carolina State Fair returned on Thursday, opening to modest crowds, sunny skies and fair-goers happy to be back — including Earnest and Margaret Pope.
“We wanted to make the first day,” Earnest Pope said. “I’ve been coming about all my life, and I’m 74.”
“I couldn’t wait for it to open up. That’s what brought us back the first day,” he said.
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