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Heidi Hatcher photo
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Maggie Valley Motorcycle Rally. Max Cooper photo
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Folkmoot Parade of Nations, Waynesville, N.C. Max Cooper photo
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King’s Castle. Margaret Hester photo
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May Queen, 1932, Montreat Normal School, Montreat, N.C. Johnnie Geneva Oliver of Cades Cove, Tenn.
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Oconaluftee Indian Village, Cherokee, N.C. Margaret Hester photo
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Folkmoot Polish Dancer. Elizabeth Majcher photo
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Treemont Sunrays. Rosemary H. WIlliams photo
To celebrate a thing is to mark its occasion—with joy or in memory, we are moved to remember. Smoky Mountain Living’s readers shared their images of celebrations with an eye for new beginnings.