Decades ago, a Maryland sailor burned his winter socks. Now it's a spring tradition

In Annapolis, Md., people gather each year to usher in the warmer weather by burning their socks. The springtime tradition is the unofficial start of the Chesapeake Bay sailing season.
Capital Gazette

Smelly burning socks on the equinox now a tradition at Annapolis Maritime Museum oyster roast

In 1977, Annapolis resident Bob Turner created what Alice Estrada, president and CEO of the Annapolis Maritime Museum, called a “unique and quirky” tradition that involved burning a pair of socks ...
NJBIZ

THE LIGHTER SIDE Annapolis welcomes spring with sock bonfire

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The Montana Standard

Sock-burning ceremony welcomes spring

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Is that spring in the air — or an old gym sock on fire? In sailing-crazy Annapolis, Maryland, boaters celebrate the first day of spring with a ceremonial Burning of the Socks, ...