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Salem was nicknamed the "Cherry City", because of the past importance of the local cherry-growing industry. The first cherry festival in Salem was held in 1903 and was an annual event, with parades and the election of a cherry queen, until sometime after World War I.
The event was briefly revived as the Salem Cherryland Festival for several years in the late 1940s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem,_Oregon
