Fort Fest is making a little history this year, as they will have four traveling memorials to honor the servicemen and women who fought for our country.
The festival started back in 2012 for the bicentennial celebration of Fort Jennings and has continued ever since honoring those in the armed force. Not only can people check out what it was like to live in the fort during the War of 1812, but also ride in an army helicopter, and see replicas of the Washington D.C. memorials for World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, plus the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Village of Fort Jennings has a passion to pay tribute to those in the military, and the festival does just that.
“There may be no other place in the United States that's more patriotic then Fort Fest this weekend, you will find everything here. Not only displays that will move you, but displays that will educate and inspire you, and we hope to pay our tribute to these folks, these wonderful men and women who have sacrificed so much for our country,” said Wesley Klir, Fort Fest Committee Co-Chair.
Fort Fest continues Saturday evening and will start up Sunday at 9 a.m. at the Fort Jennings Park.
