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This past weekend BDS loaded up the rigs and headed east for the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival. Held just north of Butler, Pennsylvania, this event brought together thousands of Jeepers, for a weekend of family fun activities in the hometown of the birthplace of the Jeep. The event came about a few years ago to celebrate the town and the company that led to the WWII “Jeep”. Back in 1940 the American Bantam Car Company won the bid from the US Army to manufacturer a 4WD reconnaissance vehicle. You can read more about the history online, but ultimately the task of building nearly 600,000 “Jeeps” went to Willys-Overland and Ford to meet the US Army’s deadlines.<\/p>\n

The 3-day festival\u00a0includes tons of activities out at the fairgrounds by day and nightly activities like the Jeep Invasion of downtown Butler. By day the fairgrounds were filled with thousands of Jeeps enjoying the nice (at times windy) weather, hitting the trails and obstacle course, stoping by vendor booths and swap meet looking for hard to find items, checking out demonstrations, checking out the\u00a0Jeep history museum, show-n-shine competition, and entering to win swag in the raffle.<\/p>\n