Secret City Festival
A couple of weekends ago my hometown hosted the annual Secret City Festival. We went last year and had an amazing time and it was even better this year.
My hometown was part of the Manhattan Project during World War II and was a "secret city" until the war was over. The Festival pays homage to our town's history, which always makes me proud of where I am from and excited about science, haha. We are a science city.
Anyway, there are a lot of activities for kids, a craft fair, booths local businesses set up, performances, concerts the two nights of the festival, food, and a WWII reenactment. It's pretty fabulous and like I said has gotten better every year. Highlights were digging for fossils and other stuff in the dino dig, getting to sit in a real life fire engine and "driving" it, seeing The Charlie Daniels Band perform live, and of course getting to play in the sand. My kids love the sand box.
We finally got to see the reenactment. We have always wanted to go, but then things get in the way so we haven't been. But this year we made it! It was super loud and made me appreciate the sacrifice and service our armed forces provide for us. And it was also a reenactment of what happened at Normandy which was especially interesting to me since we visited those places while we were in Paris. (Post here)
Here is a little film that I put together of our festival experience.
This picture cracks me up seeing Henry trying to copy Cosette's pose. |
Coolest little robot that would take the ball and shot it out and play catch with you. |
Catch of the future? |
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