Tests shots were finished.  It was time to take my film project on the road and put it into action.  In July, I took my film cameras to Bastille Days here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  When people think of Milwaukee or Wisconsin, they generally think of beer, brats or cheese.  If they think about the ethnic origins of the area, they generally think of the Germans or Polish settlers to the area.  Often overlooked is the fact that the first explorers were French.  The first European known to explore the area was Jean Nicolet, followed by Father Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader, exploring and mapping the waterways through…