Mackinac Island Lilac Festival LbNA #42670 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 6, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Town of Mackinac Island |
| County: | Mackinac |
| State: | Michigan |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Truck-a-saurus  |
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| Found by: | Windjammer |
| Last found: | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFaaaa |
| Last edited: | Aug 6, 2008 |
** This box is reported AWOL as of 07/01/2009 **
We hope to replace at the end of July 2009. Sorry!
Welcome to Mackinac Island. Our family enjoys the aroma of the Straits, fudge, and lilacs as often as possible when visiting Northern Michigan. One of the highlights is the Lilac Festival.
Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
The 10-day celebration is the first and largest summer event on the Island, attracting thousands of visitors each year. A celebration that blends the Island’s historic varieties of lilacs – many of which were brought here during the mid 1800’s; distinctive equestrian culture; fine food, drink and accommodations plus a range of other activities, the festival is one of the Island’s biggest attractions. The festival celebrates its most recognized botanical symbol, the lilac, while emphasizing its international, cultural and historic appeal.
Festivities include the coronation of the Lilac Festival Queen and Court, free concerts, walk-and-talk tours with members of the International Lilac Society, wine tasting at Mackinac Island’s finest restaurants, A Taste of Mackinac Culinary Event, Kid’s Day at Historic Fort Mackinac, Epona & Barkus Parade, the canine revelry of the Dog & Pony Show and the festival’s signature event, the all horse hitch Grand Parade.
Leave downtown for the site of the union congregational church.
The Union Congregational Church began with the formation in August 1899 of a congregation. The church structure was built of local fieldstone in 1904. Local builders gathered glacial-erratic fieldstones to construct the church. The granite cut stones used for the buttresses and courses surrounding windows and the door must have been transported, as they are not indigenous to the Island.
The 55 by 40 foot interior, featuring gleaming woodwork, and deep-set, colorful memorial windows is virtually unchanged. More recently, a rose window was added above the altar.
During its early years, the church was served by Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational ministers. Its formal name reflects the ecumenical spirit of the founders and their leaders.
Three church windows represent scenes in the history of Mackinac Island. The top window shows Robert Stuart, John Jacob Astor's agent for the American Fur Trading Company, negotiating with voyageurs. Stuart, in the blue coat, points to a scroll that may be an account of their business dealings. The middle window features Presbyterian missionary William Ferry. Ferry, sponsored by the United Foreign Mission Society of New York, established a school for Indian children in the Island's Mission House in 1825. The bottom window at the right represents Shusco, a Native American converted to Christianity by Reverend Ferry, reading his Bible to his fellow tribesmen.
At the church follow the walk around to the very end. With your back squarely to the building, see 3 tall spires in formation. Look under the base of the spire hiding behind. Bring a purple stamp pad or lilac and green markers.
Info from [http://www.mackinacisland.org/lilacfestival.html]
Please re-hide well; if there are kudos or problems with this letterbox please contact the placer.
We hope to replace at the end of July 2009. Sorry!
Welcome to Mackinac Island. Our family enjoys the aroma of the Straits, fudge, and lilacs as often as possible when visiting Northern Michigan. One of the highlights is the Lilac Festival.
Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
The 10-day celebration is the first and largest summer event on the Island, attracting thousands of visitors each year. A celebration that blends the Island’s historic varieties of lilacs – many of which were brought here during the mid 1800’s; distinctive equestrian culture; fine food, drink and accommodations plus a range of other activities, the festival is one of the Island’s biggest attractions. The festival celebrates its most recognized botanical symbol, the lilac, while emphasizing its international, cultural and historic appeal.
Festivities include the coronation of the Lilac Festival Queen and Court, free concerts, walk-and-talk tours with members of the International Lilac Society, wine tasting at Mackinac Island’s finest restaurants, A Taste of Mackinac Culinary Event, Kid’s Day at Historic Fort Mackinac, Epona & Barkus Parade, the canine revelry of the Dog & Pony Show and the festival’s signature event, the all horse hitch Grand Parade.
Leave downtown for the site of the union congregational church.
The Union Congregational Church began with the formation in August 1899 of a congregation. The church structure was built of local fieldstone in 1904. Local builders gathered glacial-erratic fieldstones to construct the church. The granite cut stones used for the buttresses and courses surrounding windows and the door must have been transported, as they are not indigenous to the Island.
The 55 by 40 foot interior, featuring gleaming woodwork, and deep-set, colorful memorial windows is virtually unchanged. More recently, a rose window was added above the altar.
During its early years, the church was served by Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational ministers. Its formal name reflects the ecumenical spirit of the founders and their leaders.
Three church windows represent scenes in the history of Mackinac Island. The top window shows Robert Stuart, John Jacob Astor's agent for the American Fur Trading Company, negotiating with voyageurs. Stuart, in the blue coat, points to a scroll that may be an account of their business dealings. The middle window features Presbyterian missionary William Ferry. Ferry, sponsored by the United Foreign Mission Society of New York, established a school for Indian children in the Island's Mission House in 1825. The bottom window at the right represents Shusco, a Native American converted to Christianity by Reverend Ferry, reading his Bible to his fellow tribesmen.
At the church follow the walk around to the very end. With your back squarely to the building, see 3 tall spires in formation. Look under the base of the spire hiding behind. Bring a purple stamp pad or lilac and green markers.
Info from [http://www.mackinacisland.org/lilacfestival.html]
Please re-hide well; if there are kudos or problems with this letterbox please contact the placer.