A new feature at Freedom Fest this year will give attendees the opportunity to learn about the wild mustangs that live at New Freedom Farm. Visitors will be able to scan QR codes linked to the Bureau of Land Management’s wild mustang registry to access the mustangs’ specific stories and paths to their homes at New Freedom Farm. Wild mustangs are free-roaming horses in the western United States that were descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish. Their population is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang).
Executive Director Lois Fritz said, “We are excited to host this year’s Freedom Fest to raise awareness of the 22 veterans and five first responders that commit suicide each day and for the wild mustangs that help them heal. Partnering with the Beaver Dam Sunflower Festival, which is only five miles away, we hope to have around 20,000 visitors to the farm during Freedom Fest, raising funds to help us continue our mission of healing heroes through horses.”
Tickets are available online for $7 or can be purchased the day of the festival;https://www.newfreedomfarm.org/product-page/freedom-fest-2021-tickets.
Freedom Fest is sponsored by WFXR, Natural Bridge Animal Hospital, Mt. Joy Hardware, Freedom First Credit Union, A Little Off the Top, SanMarco and many other community sponsors.
