Name: Dads defeat children in a Memorial Day ball game, 1960
Start: 1960-05
End: 1960-06
Location: Beaver Island

Dads defeat children in a Memorial Day ball game, 1960

Also 1960 Memorial Day dads versus kids ball game

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent

Dates1960-05 – 1960-06

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1960-05 – 1960-06
Kind: Sports
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: sportsrecreationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1960 Beaver Beacon reported a Memorial Day ball game in which the dads defeated the children 24–13.

Evidence and limits

The brief result does not identify the sport, field, participants, organizer, or attendance.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1960, “Dads Beat the Kids.”
Reports a Memorial Day ball game between dads and children, with the dads winning 24–13. It does not identify the sport, field, participants, organizer, or attendance.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1960, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published community sports report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Dads defeat children in a Memorial Day ball game, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-memorial-day-dads-beat-kids-ball-game-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1960, “Dads Beat the Kids.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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