It was a perfect Saturday morning for kite flying so we went to observe the event at Cogswell’s Grant on Spring St in Essex last weekend. We arrived early and things got off to a slow start, but that was due to our time constrictions and had nothing to do with the organization or participants. There’s a large open field and individuals and families began to gather to send their kites off with the winds. They even offered a kite making workshop for a modest fee, though the event itself was free. As a special addition, we were treated to an Air Force flyover in celebration of the National Guard’s First Muster in Salem.






