How come there are no political candidates or political floats in Carlisles Old Home Day?
We work hard all year long to make sure Old Home Day is a harmonious event. This objective entails the elimination from the days activities, elements that divide our community, it’s citizens and guests into separate camps. Sadly, politics does that. Well-meaning persons of each political party in strongly supporting their candidates, all too often alienate others who just as strongly support candidates of the other party. For us Old Home Day is at least one day of 365 that preserves and deserves non-contentious innocence. Old Home Day has always been an occasion which brings the community together in the true spirit of common unity . Divisive and bitter political campaigns such as we all too often must endure and all too often can t seem to leave behind, are enough politics to last us through the time periods in between. We welcome each other and greet old friends who have made a special point of returning to Carlisle to enjoy the day and each other. It is the wrong time and the wrong
