Pageant Draws Crowds to Mackinaw City

2009-05-28 / Front Page


Crowds look on as Indian re-enactors portray a massacre of British troops and settlers at Fort Michilimackinac in June 1763, during the 47th annual Memorial Day pageant Saturday, May 23, in Mackinaw City. This year, the fort is also celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of state park land, where the fort now sits. More photographs, page 7. Crowds look on as Indian re-enactors portray a massacre of British troops and settlers at Fort Michilimackinac in June 1763, during the 47th annual Memorial Day pageant Saturday, May 23, in Mackinaw City. This year, the fort is also celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of state park land, where the fort now sits. More photographs, page 7.

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