One of my favorite regular features on my WDW Radio Show and series of articles that I like to write (when I can find the time, usually somewhere between 3:15 and 3:45 a.m.), is my Walt Disney World Wayback Machine. Here, I like to take you back in time to visit WDW in days gone by, and look at some of the extinct attractions, closed shops, or even just take in the surroundings that may have changed dramatically over the years.

So I thought that in addition to the segments and articles, I could post a series of photos here on my blog, maybe just highlighting something from way back when.

Today, I thought that I would start off with something a little patriotic - The Fife and Drum Corps. In addition to marching in parades, as in this photo, they were featured in a daily ceremony in Liberty Square. You can learn more about the Corps in our Fife and Drum Corps entry in the trivia section of the site. 

One of the reasons I picked this photo was one of the little details in the background. See the Borden sign? They were, at one time, the sponsor of the Main Street Ice Cream Parlor, now sponsored by Edy's.

The shop opened in 1971 as Borden's Plaza Ice Cream Parlor, and remained under that name until 1981, when it changed sponsors and names and became the Sealtest Ice Cream Parlor. In 1993, it took on its current, simpler moniker of the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor.