Detroit turns 313 years old next week. The Detroit Historical Society is celebrating with a week's worth of programming beginning tomorrow.
July 24th marks the day when the French explorer Antoine Cadillac landed on what would later become the city of Detroit.
Each day the group will host a different event- including storytelling, a classic car show, and film screenings.
Bob Sadler is with the Detroit Historical Society. He said celebrating the city is especially important now.
"And based on Detroit’s history of being a hard-working, very creative and entrepreneurial town, I have every reason to believe that we’re reinventing ourselves again," said Sadler.
Some of the events include: Arsenal of Democracy, Detroit is America’s Motor City, The Streets of Old Detroit, and one of the newer exhibits, the Gallery of Innovation.
The Detroit Historical Museum is in Midtown Detroit. All of the week's events are free.
– Reem Nasr, Michigan Radio Newsroom
