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Fairfield Kids Get Up Close With Big Rigs At Event For Barnum Festival

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Bridgeport's beloved Barnum Festival held one of its newest events Saturday, as Touch-a-Truck made its debut at Fairfield Ludlowe High School.

Kids check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event in Fairfield.

Kids check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event in Fairfield.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
Kids get a chance to check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Kids get a chance to check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
Kids check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Kids check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
The parking lots is filled with emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event at Fairfield Ludlowe High School.

The parking lots is filled with emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event at Fairfield Ludlowe High School.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
Kids climb on the emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Kids climb on the emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
A boy checks out the bucket of a bulldozer at Saturday's event.

A boy checks out the bucket of a bulldozer at Saturday's event.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
Kids get an up close look at emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Kids get an up close look at emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
Kids get a chance to check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Kids get a chance to check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
Kids get a chance to check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Kids get a chance to check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
Emergency responders were at Saturday's event ready to meet kids.

Emergency responders were at Saturday's event ready to meet kids.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
Kids got a chance to check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Kids got a chance to check out emergency vehicles, motorcycles and the big rigs at Saturday's Barnum Festival Touch-A-Truck event.

Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman

The event featured nearly 60 vehicles — including ambulances, the police department's Mobile Command Center, construction vehicles, motorcycles, fire trucks and big rigs. Kids were allowed to climb on and go inside all of the vehicles.

The Barnum Festival was founded in 1949 to build community spirit in the region and to pay homage to P.T. Barnum -- showman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He founded the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

The festival produces a series of free and low-cost events to benefit the community at large, including the Wing Ding Parade for Kids at Beardsley Zoo, The Barnum-Greater Bridgeport Symphony Pops Concert and Skyblast Fireworks at Seaside Park, and the Great Street Parade.

New events this year include a road race, and the “Barnumpalooza” at Seaside Park, which will feature music, food trucks, a beer garden and rides for kids.

The touch-a-truck event will benefit The Center for Family Justice, which serves victims of domestic and sexual violence in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Easton, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull. 

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