Coast Guard Festival: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Festival in Grand Haven, Michigan, US}}

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[[File:Parade of ships.jpg|thumb|342x342px|Ship entering the Grand Haven channel as part of the 2017 festival.]]

'''Coast Guard Festival''' is a festival in [[Grand Haven, Michigan]]. Founded in 1924, the festival is a ten-day event that starts in the last weekend in July, and ends in early August. Over 350,000 people attend the festival, including the nation's highest-ranking [[United States Coast Guard]] dignitaries from [[Washington, DC]]. The focus of the annual festival is to honor the Coast Guard and those who sacrificed their lives in the service of their country.<ref name="coastguardfest">{{Cite web |title=The Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival |url=http://www.coastguardfest.org |website=www.coastguardfest.org}}</ref>

==History==

The Festival unofficially began in 1924 as a Coast Guard personnel only picnic when the [[Coast Guard Station Grand Haven|local Coast Guard station]] held rowing competitions for those service members stationed in Grand Haven. The first festival began in 1937.<ref name="coastguardfest"/> In August 1971 it was officially recognized as Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival, Inc. as a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Grand Haven was named "Coast Guard City, USA" by an Act of Congress and signed by the President of the United States on November 13, 1998.<ref>http://www.hollandsentineal.com/x-17104-Holland-Family-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Coast-Guard-Festival-Grand-Haven-MI-2009{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==References==

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==External links==

* [https://www.coastguardfest.org Coast Guard Festival Official Webpage]

* [https://www.facebook.com/CoastGdFestival/ Coast Guard Festival Facebook Page]

[[Category:Festivals in Michigan]]

[[Category:Tourist attractions in Ottawa County, Michigan]]