On the first Friday every year at The America's Fair (formerly known as The Erie County Fair), they honor the local area's Volunteer Firemen and EMS personnel. We get free admission and get to show off our trucks and marching skills (or lack there of). We pitch a tent on the inside if a 1 mile horse race track, eat, drink and celebrate with other local Fire Depts. At 7pm the parade begins. It starts with marching and ends with all the firetrucks flashing their lights and sounding their sirens. It's so loud, and very, very cool to see. I'll try and give you an idea of what it looks like from the inside of the track.
Some other pics from Fireman's Day.
Daddy and Benny getting ready walk the fairgrounds.
Xander sampling some of the farm equipment displays.
Xander playing on Farnham Fire Departments 1929 Buffalo Firetruck.
It almost always wins a blue ribbon.
Benny, hydrating.
Catching a quick nap before the parade. They didn't even flinch as the other fire dept band practiced in the background. 
After the parade we hit the conservation building and Daddy took Xander fishing at Lawtons trout pond display. The creepy man to the right IS NOT a relative. He belongs to the pond people.
And in true Maurer fashion, we end the evening with a trip to the fish game. Now my husband has "hooked" my son on the sport. He's good at it too. He actually won one!
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