We’re doing photos for at least one wedding this summer in the park, so you guys know who to thank. They did a great job cleaning up the place, as well as putting together a great area of pavers around the big flagpole.

The evening featured some great performances by a drum and bugle corps, as well as a silent drill team. The drill team was great – by silent, they really mean silent. Perfectly synchronized, without any verbal commands whatsoever. Not to mention, that’s a real bayonet on the end of that rifle in midair, as best as I can tell. Don’t try this at home.

The V-22 Osprey aircraft has flown to quite a few of the events, and it’s definitely something different. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s a cross between a helicopter and a turboprop aircraft. It stopped traffic when people saw this thing flying overhead. 

Flight crew give a pre-flight safety briefing to members of the media. Significantly more frank and direct than your standard airline safety talk.

Other aircraft on display included some helicopters. I liked the air-to-air refueling probe sticking off the front. 

Marines also gave some boxing and wrestling pointers at local gyms.