{"id":329468,"date":"2026-08-25T18:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329468\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:52:17","slug":"new-york-state-fair-butter-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329468\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Fair butter sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SYRACUSE, N.Y. \u2014 The 58th annual butter sculpture at the Great New York State Fair has been unveiled, and it pays tribute to the Empire State\u2019s influence on American traditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s sculpture pays tribute to America\u2019s 250th anniversary by depicting iconic New York sights and moments. That includes a tribute to baseball in Cooperstown, celebrating New York\u2019s connection to America\u2019s pastime, and the 1841 fair in Syracuse, America\u2019s first state fair. It also depicts the New York City skyline and a burst of red, white, and blue fireworks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sculpture, titled \u201cMilk. Memories. Tradition. Rooted in New York,\u201d took about 800 pounds of butter to build. The sculpture will be on display in a refrigerated case throughout the fair. Last year\u2019s butter sculpture was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/top-news\/construction-underway-for-57th-annual-butter-sculpture-at-new-york-state-fair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cWizard of Oz\u201d themed<\/a>, paying tribute to the 125th anniversary of \u201cThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u201d and its author, L. Frank Baum, of Chittenango.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More about the New York State Fair<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Great New York State Fair kicks off on Wednesday, bringing music from all-star acts, rides, food, and other entertainment to Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fair runs through Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 7) at the fairgrounds on 581 State Fair Blvd, just off the Thruway. All concerts, exhibits, and other entertainment are included with the price of admission. You can see a guide to the fair in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/top-news\/guide-to-new-york-state-fair-tori-kelly-added-to-music-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">this story<\/a>, including information on tickets, parking, and the entertainment lineup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Butter-Sculpture-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1145720 lazyload\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/butter-sculpture\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">butter sculpture<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/new-york-state-fair\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York State Fair<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SYRACUSE, N.Y. \u2014 The 58th annual butter sculpture at the Great New York State Fair has been unveiled,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[122179,9,11,10,49,48507,51,50],"class_list":["post-329468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-butter-sculpture","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-fair","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}