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Lighting Up Fishtown for the Holidays!

December 8, 2018/in Featured, fishtown, holiday, Leelanau, leland, photo, preservation, winter

Fishtown Sunset by Jim Burnham/Leland Report

This Friday, December 14 at 5:30 PM join Fishtown Preservation for Fishtown in Lights as they light the shanty rooftops and celebrate the first twelve years of saving Fishtown!

The event will also honor will also honor Keith Burnham, who in 2006 spread the word far and wide via The Leland Report that Fishtown needed saving. After the lighting ceremony, join everyone at The Bluebird to toast Keith and Fishtown!

Light display will continue nightly thru Jan 6, 2019 from 6-10 PM, and you can donate in support at fishtownmi.org.

The photo is from Keith’s Leland Report and was taken by his son Jim Burnham. If you click through, you can see photos from the same spot by Keith & (from back in the day) by Erhardt Peters!

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