Hamburgers and hamburger lovers fill downtown Athens Saturday for Uncle Fletch Davis Hamburger Festival

Published 5:45 pm Saturday, September 17, 2016

By Staff Reports

Jarrod Clayburn and Penny Smith cook hamburgers at the Lakeland House Assisted Living booth at the Uncle Fletch Davis Hamburger Festival on the courthouse square in downtown Athens Sept. 26, 2015. Athens claims that Uncle Fletch Davis invented the hamburger and shared his invention at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)

The annual Uncle Fletch Davis Hamburger Festival was held on the courthouse square in downtown Athens Saturday. The festival celebrates Davis, who is claimed to have invented the hamburger and shared it at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Saturday’s event included a hamburger cook-off, musical entertainment, hamburger-themed competitions and vendors. 

-Sarah A. Miller



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