SPOTLIGHT CELEBRATION: DETROIT LAKES’ SESQUICENTENNIAL
Happy 150th,
Detroit Lakes! BY VICKI GERDES | FOR SUMMERSCAPE
City’s Sesquicentennial celebration is July 29-31
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etroit Lakes is turning 150 years old this summer — and the community is planning to celebrate in style. A time capsule will be buried and the city’s signature bronze sailboat sculpture will be revamped and relocated to the City Park entrance on Washington Avenue, then rededicated in ceremonies set for Thursday, July 29. The festivities will also include an ice cream social — with 2,000
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frozen treats donated for the occasion by Central Market — and a “Hoot & Toot” display of city police, fire, rescue and utility vehicles in the City Park, which will get underway at 4 p.m. At 5 p.m., the Detroit Lakes Noon Rotary Club will host the return of its popular “Trucks & Tunes” concerts at the City Park Bandshell, with a variety of local food trucks and live music from Matt Aakre until 8 p.m.
