The History of Ashland Day
Ashland Day began 31 years ago by two great visionaries: Ben Montenegro and Carl “ Rick” Ghilani. They saw
the town of Ashland rally support for a young teen that had been seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident.
To help with the huge cost for medical treatment the family ran this huge event at Stone Park. The event was
an enormous success. Rick and Ben decided a day celebrating town pride would be just as successful. Well,
they were right! Thirty one years later we are still celebrating Ashland’s Town Pride