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Set foot in San Diego in late September, just as Cabrillo did

By Chris ErskineColumnist 
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When Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo set foot in California almost 500 years ago, he didn’t just mark San Diego as the Plymouth Rock of the West. He launched a festival.

Only time will tell which accomplishment is more significant. Till then, the 54th annual Cabrillo Festival, marking the historical event, takes place Sept. 30, a Saturday.

Admission is free. Guests need identification for entry onto the Naval Base Point Loma.

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There will be music, dancing, children’s activities and food from Native Americans, Mexico, Portugal and Spain. Also featured: basket-making, knot-tying and a 16th century Spanish soldiers living history encampment.

The fest will be held at Ballast Point on the Point Loma base, from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Re-enactment of Cabrillo’s landing from a replica ship begins at 1 p.m.

Info: Cabrillo Festival

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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