Historic Soldiers Weekend At Fort Mifflin In Philadelphia, PA Held On September 25, 2010

Fort Mifflin's Historic Soldiers Weekend features encampments and displays representing all of the United States of America's Wars from the French Indian War aka Seven Years War to the Vietnam War. This was my second Historic Soldiers Weekend. I was extremely impressed with the program last year that I have made it a staple in my schedule of annual must-see events.

To the right of the entrance was an old jeep below the Historic Soldiers Weekend sign. A nice introduction to the program:

Here I am:

There was much to see and do at the event ...

Hotel Biv-O-Wac!
















A World War II Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star. PN-391 is on the side:




Here I am inside of the Lockheed P-80A:


The inside of the aircraft:


















Since The Philadelphia Airport is just an exit or two away, planes can be seen and heard quite frequently:


Very close!




More photos of the day can be found at this link:
http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u213/portaltothepast/Reenactments/Historic Soldiers/Historic Soldiers Weekend 9-25-2010

Videos ...

Civil War Cannon Display:

Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star - Virtual Tour:

Bagpipers And An Airplane:

Bagpipers And Reenactors:

Bagpipers, Military Encampments And An Airplane:

Italian-American Festival At Mercer County Park On September 24, 2010

This was an absolutely fantastic event. I had never been to an Italian Festival before and I had high hopes for this one. All of my expectations were met. In my estimation, the Italian-American Festival in West Windsor succeeded in all that it had endeavored to present to the public ... from the exhibits to the vendors.

In the main hall one could learn about the lives of Italian War Veterans, scientists, inventors, artists, politicians, religious figures and more. One could read about customs and the reminisces of Italian-American life in the early twentieth century as well. I cannot comment on the food overall ... since I do not eat meat, there was not much for me so I ate lightly.

Below are photos of the experience ...









I spoke to Veterans of World War II and Vietnam in this hall:






A rather elaborate fountain:


A video of the fountain:

A video of singer Marcantonio:

I wanted to get a shot of some flags. This is the best that I could get:




More photos can be seen at this link:
http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u213/portaltothepast/Festivals/Italian American Fest West Windsor 9-24-2010

The Festival's url:
http://www.italianamericanfestival.com