Loads of fun was to be had in downstate New York on the Independence Day weekend at the America the Beautiful Festival—the first of what’s expected to be an annual celebration of freedom and patriotism.
Spanning two afternoons and evenings, the festival converged on the main stage where attendees savored a lineup of classic rock, folk, and most of all, country performances, including Danny Griego, Keith Anderson, Julie Roberts, and Allen Mack Myers Moore.
Enhancing the atmosphere were musket and sword demonstrations, including the Town Crier announcing “the regulars are coming.”
Musket and sword demonstration at America the Beautiful Festival in Deerpark, N.Y., on July 2, 2023. (Mark Zou/The Epoch Times)
Despite weather forecasts of thunderstorms and a haze of smoke from Canadian forest fires, the event went off without a hitch. Serendipitously, dark rain clouds parted just over the venue on Sunday afternoon, granting the attendees a chance to fully enjoy the holiday weekend….