PORT JERVIS – The birth of America 247 years ago was celebrated in diverse ways across the region and nation.
Locally, Port Jervis hosted a Food Truck Festival on July 3 at the city’s Riverside Park.
Port’s event followed a two-day weekend festival in neighboring Huguenot, and the July 4th festival in Matamoras, PA.
According to Port Jervis Director of Recreation John Faggione, Monday’s Port Jervis Recreation Department-sponsored Food Truck Festival drew more than 3,000 attendees, more than was anticipated.
Faggione, along with Mayor Kelly Decker, praised the handful of people who worked diligently to plan and host the festival, and those who helped in its success.
Working with Faggione to launch this event was Port Jervis Department of Public Works Assistant Director Wayne Addy, Recreation Committee member/business owner Sean Addy, Outdoor Club President Michael Ward, and Councilwoman Melissa Newhauser.
While bursts of rain did fall briefly during the event, it seemed not to faze most. Those who were in food lines or other areas of the park opened umbrellas, took shelter under tents, canopies, or a pavilion, or simply weathered getting wet during the summer rainfall.
Hundreds stayed for the whole five-hour festival, enjoying the music of three live bands and a perfect view of the mountaintop fireworks show from Point Peter.
Fourteen festival food truck vendors at the Port Jervis event.
This past weekend, a two-day America the Beautiful Festival kicked off celebrations from Huguenot. The New Century festival included a two-day star-studded musical lineup that featured Keith Anderson, Shinedown’s Zack Moore and J.R. Moore of Ingram Hill, Julie Roberts, Danny Griego, Cold Weather Company, Liquid Paperboys, The Any Night Ramblers, and Beau Davison and Mika Hale. It included games, foods, a classic car show, Revolutionary War-era reenactments, historic Color Guard, American and regional cultural heritage workshops, and a…
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