I've known about this event for about the last 15 years. always wanted to come and bring my Dad but he was already very old and its usually been very hot that time of year. He would really appreciated the historical aspects of the event, having lost his country (Yugoslavia at the time, really Serbia) to Communism and having to spend 1945 to 1950 in Displaced Persons (DP) camps in Europe before coming to America. Always wanted to take my father in law because he had brothers who served during WWII. But again, too old, too hot to go! But finally, this year the weather was great and the wife said lets go! Downloaded/printed the map to specifically try and find reasonably close parking (wife has Parkinson's, need to bring wheelchair). Drove around where we thought parking was but NOT clearly signed thru town. Most streets had No Parking signs on EACH tree lawn so clearly marked. But then we found a close street which was almost fully parked up and only has No Parking signs on the corner so we grabbed the last spot and hung our Handicap placard. Later on, when we left, we found every vehicle on that street with a parking ticket written up shortly after we parked! Nice, sleezy moneymaker for a free event! Note that there was a huge park close to the event with about 5% usage by Boy Scouts; could have easily been free parking for Handicapped The event itself was great. The efforts by the reenactors was great. The battles were cool even for their small scale. The D-Day landing was great considering again the scale possible. The only negative were all the inconsiderate a-holes who came at the last minute and stood in front of people who spent hours staking out there seating/viewing area. Its truly amazing how many a-holes there are in the world. The sound system was poor so all the timeline info was semi recognizable. The fair type food trucks offered pretty good variety of choices at ok prices. Lots of tents/vendors with militaria. My rating would be higher except the $138 parking fine meant we didn't spend anything in any of the local restaurants or stores. Maybe next time when we don't get a ridiculous parking ticket. read more