On This Harvest Moon
By Steve Roark
Volunteer Interpreter, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
On October First be sure to look to the east at sunset and behold the most famous of all full moons, the Harvest Moon. Its nostalgia goes back to the days before electricity, when it was used as a night light by farmers to work longer in the fields to get the fall crops in, hence the name. But the Harvest Moon stands out for other reasons as well.
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