Illumination Night

August 20, 1869

The Illumination

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Camp Meeting History
Illumination Night
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
August 5, 2021

Grand Illumination Scales Back

Illumination Night will held as planned on August 18, but festivities have been modified and scaled back due to Covid concerns.
Illumination Night

2022

August 18, 2022

Lanterns and Quiet Beauty Lead the Way

Thomas Humphrey
Illumination Night
Irene Murdoch at 99 years old lit the first lantern Wednesday evening at the 151st Grand Illumination Night in the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground.

2021

August 5, 2021

Grand Illumination Scales Back

Illumination Night
Illumination Night will held as planned on August 18, but festivities have been modified and scaled back due to Covid concerns.
June 6, 2021

Grand Illumination Night Returns

Illumination Night
Once again lanterns will be hung by the porches with care as Grand Illumination night returns this summer on August 18.

2020

August 20, 2020

Amid the Darkness a Few Lanterns Glow

Aaron Wilson
Illumination Night
Skunks outnumbered pedestrians in the Oak Bluffs Campground Wednesday evening on what would have been Illumination night.
May 7, 2020

Signature August Events Canceled in Oak Bluffs

Coronavirus
Oak Bluffs Fireman's Civic Association
Illumination Night

The Oak Bluffs fireworks will be cancelled this year due to the pandemic, the town firemen’s civic association said late Wednesday.

2019

August 15, 2019

All Aglow in the Camp Ground for 150 Years

Caroline Kaplan
Illumination Night
On Wednesday evening the Grand Illumination started the same way it has for 150 years — with a community sing.

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