Honoring Fallbrook's military heritage at summer nights event

Tom Helmantoler of "Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War" talks about a pre-Civil War era rifle made in Norway to visitors at the Fallbrook Summer Nights event on Aug. 7. The theme of the event is "Salute to Our Military Heritage." This event was the last in the 2015 summer series. Shane Gibson photos (Tom Helmantoler of "Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War" talks about a pre-Civil War era rifle made in Norway to visitors at the Fallbrook Summer Nights event on Aug. 7. The theme of the event is "Salute to Our Military Heritage." This event was the last in the 2015 summer series. Shane Gibson photos)

Diane Brooks and Bob Turley rest on the footstep of a vintage military cargo vehicle at the Fallbrook Summer Nights "Salute to Our Military Heritage" event on Aug. 7 in historic downtown Fallbrook.

Dylan Arellano, 10, takes a peek inside a vintage military vehicle at the Fallbrook Summer Nights "Salute to Our Military Heritage" event on Aug. 7.

Mark Jackson shares his replica 1861 Billinghurst - Requa Volley Battery Gun at the Aug. 7 Fallbrook Summer Nights event in downtown Fallbrook. Jackson built the fully operational 25-round gun from scratch in his garage.

Two-and-a-half year old Harrison Gunther, sits behind the wheel of a Korean War-era Jeep at the Aug. 7 Fallbrook Summer Nights event, which carried a military appreciation theme.

Members of Fallbrook Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1924 participate in the Fallbrook Summer Nights "Salute to Our Military Heritage" event; from left, Dana McCarthy, Brian Deutsch, Holiday Sanders, Peggy White, Kenny Etherton, Jason Schaffer, and Jason Hilborn.

Martin Quiroz serves craft beer from Legacy Brewery of Oceanside during Fallbrook Summer Nights on Aug. 7.

The Aug. 7 Fallbrook Summer Nights event concludes its 2015 series with a salute to the town's military heritage.