A community event, such as a barn raising, helps build relations among neighbors and is an efficient way to get work done.

The next day, an early morning thunderstorm threatened to postpone the barn raising.

They claim that it is not a very hard thing for neighbors to do, no harder than barn raising.

In some accounts, he died by falling off an uncompleted structure during a barn raising.

I know that virtually none of you have ever participated in a barn raising.

My approach to the political process is more like a barn raising, where everyone lends a hand.

I stood on the hill with the other women, my arms crossed as I watched the magic of a barn raising.

In all the hours we'd been at the barn raising, I hadn't seen a single woman stray toward the construction site.

Older people who have participated in many barn raisings are crew chiefs.

Young people participating physically for the first time have watched many barn raisings and know what is expected of them.