Almost all the towns that Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration set up during the Depression were sundown towns, including Greenbelt, Md.; Greenhills, Ohio; Hanford, Wash.; and others.
It's sundown, and a boisterous barbecue is being held by a couple of dozen construction workers on a beach near Le Morne Brabant, a jungle-clad volcanic nub near the southern tip of the island, whose caves once harboured runaway slaves.
Over half the incorporated communities in Illinois were sundown towns.
The slang for this among hospital staff is "sundowning".
However, Appleton was a sundown town, forbidding African Americans from staying overnight, stating directly: "No Negro should be bed or boarded overnight in Appleton".
Who is in charge of the company?" My sister had seen it before in her professional life: It was called sundowning, when institutionalized people lose track of time and place and seemingly go mad, often as evening closes in.
7 p.m. 9) WEDDING CRASHERS Arguably the best time to visit one of the city's magnificent cathedrals is at sundown, the wedding hour.
The exciting hubbub of food stands, storytellers, serpent charmers, medicine men, musicians, dancers and acrobats goes on day and night, but the best time is after sundown.
