Editing Albany County, New York (section)

===Festivals===
One of the largest events in Albany County is the [[Tulip Festival (Albany, New York)|Tulip Fest]] held in the city of Albany every spring at [[Washington Park Historic District (Albany, New York)|Washington Park]]. The tradition stems from when [[List of mayors of Albany, New York|Mayor]] [[Erastus Corning 2nd]] had a city ordinance passed declaring the [[tulip]] as Albany's official flower on July 1, 1948.<ref>{{cite web | title = Albany Tulip Queen | publisher = Albany Tulip Queen.com | access-date = June 7, 2009 | url = http://www.albanytulipqueen.com/| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090519054142/http://www.albanytulipqueen.com/| archive-date= May 19, 2009 | url-status= usurped}}</ref> The [[African-American]] tradition of [[Pinkster]]fest, whose origins are traced back even further to Dutch festivities, was later incorporated into the Tulip Fest. The Albany LatinFest has been held since 1996 and drew 10,000 to Washington Park in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title = About Albany Latin Fest | url = http://www.albanylatinfest.com/about.html | publisher = Albany Latin Festival | access-date = June 8, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090616140515/http://www.albanylatinfest.com/about.html | archive-date = June 16, 2009 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> PolishFest is a three-day celebration of Polish culture in the Capital District, held in the town of Colonie for the past eight years.<ref>{{cite web | title = PolishFest'09 | url = http://www.polishfest-ny.org/}}</ref>