Detroit, Michigan
The city of Detroit, Michigan, developed from a small fur trading post of New France to a world-class industrial powerhouse and the fourth largest American city by the mid 20th century. The city's name originates from the Detroit River, which links Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Traveling up the Detroit River in 1679 on the ship Le Griffon with Cavelier de La Salle (1643–1687), Father Louis Hennepin (1643–1687) noted the north bank of the river as an ideal location for a settlement. There, in 1701, the French officer Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac, along with fifty-one additional French-Canadians, founded a settlement called Fort Ponchartrain du Détroit, naming it after the comte de Pontchartrain (1643–1727), Minister of Marine under Louis XIV.
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january
- New Year’s Day
march
- Bunnyville
- Detroit Bike City
- Wild Winter Safari Social
april
- Earth Day
may
- Art Birmingham
- Celebrate Birmingham Parade
- City of Birmingham Ice Show
- Village Fair
june
- Dash for Destiny
- Green Breeze
- In the Park Summer Concerts (through August)
- Thunder Over Michigan Air Show
july
- Arab and Chaldean Festival
- Fourth of July
- Jazzfest
- Maker Faire Detroit
- Summer in the City
- Sterlingfest Art & Music Fair
august
- Birmingham Bike Festival
- Lebfest-The Lebanese Festival
- Woodward Dream Cruise
september
- Art in the Park
- Running Wild For the Detroit Zoo
october
- Fall Festival
- Halloween Parade & Pumpkin Patch
- Zoo Boo
november
- Santa House (through December)
- Thanksgiving
december
- Breakfast with Santa
- Christmas
