Sunday Marks Heritage Day at Engadine

Engadine's Heritage Day celebration is Sunday, July 22, at the Garfield Township Hall and Mill Pond Park. There is no entrance fee. The event begins at 10 a.m. and continues into the evening. Square dancing begins at 5:15 p.m.

Heritage Day offers residents and visitors a chance to delve into the history of the area and enjoy food, desserts, and music.

The event includes arts and crafts for sale by local and regional artists, a quilt show at the Engadine High School gymnasium, and tours of the Engadine Historical Museum.

From noon until 2 p.m., participants can enjoy a barbecue dinner, hot dogs and chips, and strawberry shortcake will be served until 3 p.m.

The raising of the American flag and the singing of the national anthem will take place at 1 p.m.

Other events will include the presentation of a plaque to the Fenske family, in honor of the family's log house, which has been a fixture in Engadine for more than 100 years.

Later there will be hymn singing, face painting, and retired professor Jack Jobst will give a presentation about Ernest Hemingway in the Upper Peninsula as part of the "Great Michigan Read" statewide community reading program.

Fly tying, polka music, and a quilt raffle will also take place.

A host of antique cars and farm machinery will be displayed on site, along with the creations of spinners and weavers, and an authentic Native American teepee.

Organizers suggest visitors bring lawn chairs.

The annual event developed from a celebration of Engadine's centennial year, marked in 1994. Heritage Day is organized and promoted by the nonprofit Engadine Historical Society.