Alabama Guests Enjoyed a Great Week in Litchfield

The 54th annual Peanut Butter & Milk Festival officially ended on Saturday as the ten guests from Hartford, Alabama – Litchfield’s Sister City – returned to Alabama. The group had a busy week of tours and other events.

Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Chair Terri Anderson says the groups who travel to Meeker County from Alabama each year often see things that many of us who live here never get to see; and it’s the same for the groups from Meeker County who travel to Alabama in the exchange program – as they see things that the Hartford residents may never get to see in their own home area. She says the Southern guests toured the G.A.R. Hall on Friday and they always enjoy that tour as the Civil War history in the South is not as well-preserved.

Anderson says the Peanut Butter & Milk Festival actually got started in 1971 by Litchfield grocer Bruce Cottington as a way to promote peanut butter in his store and it has thrived over a half century with many families involved into the 3rd and 4th generations. She says it’s a great way to celebrate our youth – especially those involved in FFA, and agriculture; and she would like to thank everyone in the community who supports the festival in various ways and helps to keep it growing into the future.