ELECTION DAY FIRES

DOES ANYONE BESIDES ME REMEMBER ELECTION DAY FIRES? WE USED TO COLLECT WOOD FOR WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION,IT WAS LIKE A CONTEST OF WHO COULD SET THE BIGGEST BLAZE. THE FIRE DEPT WOULD COME AND WET THE PILES OF WOOD WE GATHERED.I TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE THROUGH OUT THE YEARS ANY NO ONE ELSE DID THIS IN THERE NEIGHBORHOOD.