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MACKINAC ISLAND Mackinac State Historic Parks will hold a brief and informal Memorial Day Observance at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, May 31, beginning behind Fort Mackinac at the Avenue of Flags and heading to the Fort Mackinac Post Cemetery.
“When we started interpreting this time period (the 1880s) we thought it would be an appropriate thing to do,” said Phil Porter, Mackinac State Historic Parks director emeritus.
As Porter researched the 1880s, he discovered the Fort Mackinac soldiers halted service for the first time in 1883, when Captain Edwin Sellers suspended duty and held a Decoration Day, now Memorial Day, ceremony. According to Porter, Mackinac State Historic Parks began practicing the Memorial Day Observation ceremony more than 20 years ago as a result of the new interpretation of the 1880s U.S. soldier.
CMPL presentation focuses on Mackinac summer cottages
A couple of weeks before Memorial Day, the Clinton-Macomb Public Library hosted Mackinac Island’s Historic Summer Cottages, a presentation by Phil Porter. He spoke about the history and architecture of the island’s summer cottages.
Photo by Alex Szwarc
MACOMB TOWNSHIP The unofficial start to summer is nearly here.
For some, that means taking a trip up north, to the area where Michigan’s lower and upper peninsulas meet.
A couple of weeks before Memorial Day, the Clinton-Macomb Public Library hosted a presentation by Phil Porter, director emeritus of Mackinac State Historic Parks, about Mackinac Island’s historic summer cottages.
Portion of M-185 to be closed for repaving on Mackinac Island beginning May 17
Cheboygan Daily Tribune
MACKINAC ISLAND A two mile portion of M-185 the state trunkline highway that runs around the popular destination of Mackinac Island has been closed by the Michigan Department of Transportation for repaving.
The road was closed to traffic beginning May 17, with the expected completion date to be around the middle of October. The work being done includes the completion of pavement on the roadway and securing the roadway after it had been damaged from high water and erosion. The closed section of road will have several large construction vehicles moving throughout it. Barricades will be placed at either end. Going around a barricade is exceedingly dangerous and people found going around the barricade are subject to a ticket and fine, said Dominick Miller, chief of marketing for Mackinac State Historic Parks in a press release.
Gorgeous waterfront makes Mackinaw City a Michigan’s Best Vacation Spot winner
Posted May 04, 2021
The Mackinac Bridge during the 2018 bridge walk as seen from Mackinaw City on Sept. 3, 2018.
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The eastern side of the Northern Lower Peninsula just might be Michigan’s best kept secret. This summer, put this quiet, uncrowded, naturally beautiful sun rise coast of the state on your vacation list. You’ll find charming towns, oodles of lakes both big and small, rivers to paddle down, lovely restaurants, and lots to do, without the heavy traffic or crowds you might find in other Michigan travel destinations.
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