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“200 Years of US Military History” will be presented after the Parade on Satur- day. The Perry Group will host a concert Saturday evening and the annual “Lights of Peace” Harbor Il- lumination at dusk. About 1,200 Boy Scouts will camp on the East Lawn at Port Clinton Troop #360’s annu- al Camporee.
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You don’t save a pitcher
for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.
- Leo Durocher
style paintings of childhood memories. Scherzer has re- imagined the art into a hid- den pictures style. There are 40 different items that can be found throughout the mural.
“I thought it would be a great idea to elevate some- body who was local,” Scher- zer said as he discussed the mural. The Sandusky County Communities Foundation Inc. was the supporter of this project. A time lapse video of the mu- ral’s creation can be found on Downtown Fremont Inc.’s Facebook Page.
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than 200 years.
A Flag Retirement Cere-
mony is held Friday evening at 7 pm with Park Rangers, American Legion members and Boy Scouts. Saturday begins with an 11 am Memo- rial Service and the Grand Parade steps off at 2:15 pm and ends at the Park’s flag poles where four high school marching bands will play the National Anthems from each country before Rangers
and volunteers fire a mus- ket and carronade salute.
A Living History Mili- tary Encampment is open 11 am to 5 pm on Satur- day and 10 to 4 on Sunday. Rangers will give black powder musket demon- strations, rifle demonstra- tions, and carronade firing demonstrations throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.
A Time Line event,
Downtown Fremont Inc. partnered with two very creative artists to- bring a Fremont woman’s art to the downtown for people from all over to relive their childhood of finding items in a hide and seek interactive mural.
Bradley Scherzer, an art and photography teacher at Fremont Ross High School, designed the
mural with the assistance from Ken Dushane. The two gentlemen brought the 3400 square foot mural to life at night on the Brady Mercan- tile Building. Scherzer and Dushane worked from dusk to 5am to complete their work on the mural.
The interactive mural commemorates local artist Bernadine Stetzel who was known for her primitive
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