4th Of July Event At Fort Tejon

We made it up to Fort Tejon this year to enjoy the 4th of July daytime celebration.  This is a daytime event geared towards families.  It's a great event to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the show.

On arriving, it was fun to see that Fort Tejon had a SnapChat Filter!

They had a Standee photo op.  Shannon, Brandon and Emily all participated.

They had several of the stations open that are used for the Living History Event that Brandon and I participated in 2 years ago. 

The museum was open as well with displays of period weapons and clothing.

The highlight of the event was firing the fort's two Mountain Howitzers.  They fired each cannon once for every state in the union that existed in 1856 when the fort was in operation.  There was a lot of wind, but I managed to catch some video. Linked here from YouTube.