There are three events outlined in this posting.
*The next meeting of the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan will
be
on 8 May 2008. HOWEVER, this is not a formal meeting. Instead, WEATHER
PERMITTING, we will
have a tour of Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan. This tour will start
at 10:00 a.m.
Please dress appropriately.
Elmwood Historic Cemetery is located at 1200 Elmwood Ave., Detroit,
Michigan. For more
information please point your browser to
http://elmwoodhistoriccemetery.org/index.html . A map
indicating the location of the cemetery can be found by clicking on the
"Contact Us" link on the
website.
*Saturday, 19 July 2008 is the French and Ste-Anne Alumni Novena at
Ste-Anne-de-Detroit. The
Mass starts at 7:00 p.m. and will be in French and English. A reception
will follow. For more
information and a map to the church, please point your browser to
http://ste-anne.org/
*The next formal meeting of the society will be held on 13 September 2008 at
the Mount Clemens
Public Library. We will be holding our annual pot luck at this time. Our
speaker will be Sara
Chapman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History at Oakland University. The
topic will be
"Detroit in the French Regime".
We look forward to seeing everyone at these events.
Peggy Youngs