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Beaver Island Fourth of July celebration, 1987

Also 1987 Beaver Island Fourth of July · 1987 Sesquicentennial Fourth of July

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TypeEvent
Date1987-07-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1987-07-04
Kind
Celebration
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Beaver Island Civic Association
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Beaver Island Fourth of July celebration, 1988
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Summary

The Beaver Beacon’s spring 1987 issues announce that the Beaver Island Civic Association’s Annual Fourth of July Festival that year would carry a Michigan sesquicentennial theme, marking the state’s 150th anniversary of admission to the Union, and that the Civic Association was still seeking a parade chair as of May. Held June and July issues confirm only a bare calendar-grid listing of “Parade / Carnival / Fireworks” for July 4, with no completion report found.

Program

  • A parade themed to Michigan’s sesquicentennial (150th anniversary of statehood), with the Civic Association soliciting float ideas beginning in March and still seeking someone to head the parade project as of May.
  • A carnival and fireworks, per the June and July calendar-grid listings, with no further detail given.

Evidence limits

No held 1987 issue (checked: February, March, April, May, June, July, October) reports the completed festival, names a parade chair, describes carnival booths, or gives attendance or proceeds. The calendar-grid entries in the June and July issues confirm only that a Parade, Carnival, and Fireworks were scheduled for July 4, without prose description. No venue is named, so spatial_status is approximate.

Open questions

  • Was a parade chair found in time, and did the sesquicentennial theme run as announced?
  • Is a completion report for 1987 findable in an issue not held in this corpus, or one whose relevant passage this pass did not surface?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports: "Beaver Island is trying to do its part in helping Michigan celebrate its 150th birthday. The Civic Association's Annual Fourth of July Festival will have a sesquicentennial theme this year. How many of you have your ideas for floats in the parade yet? The museums and library also plan to include our 150th anniversary in some of their activities and celebrations." Michigan's statehood sesquicentennial (admitted to the Union in 1837) fell in 1987, consistent with this announcement. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1987-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fifteen-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Fourth of July announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-03_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports: "Has everyone planned their 4th of July floats for the parade yet? The Civic Association is looking for someone to head up the parade project this year. How about some of you summer folks? If interested, please drop us a line through the Beacon address!" -- indicating no parade chair had yet been found as of May. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1987-05_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held sixteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the parade-project appeal.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-05_Beaver-Beacon
  5. A community-calendar table entry for July 4 lists only "Parade / Carnival / Fireworks" with no further detail. The July 1987 issue repeats the same bare calendar entry. Neither issue, nor the held October 1987 issue, contains a prose completion report naming attendance, winners, or volunteers for this year. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1987-06_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held seventeen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the calendar listing.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-06_Beaver-Beacon
  7. The July calendar again lists July 4 as “Parade / Carnival / Fireworks,” without a prose completion report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1987-07_Beaver-Beacon
  8. The held twelve-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the calendar listing.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fourth of July celebration, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fourth-of-july-1987/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1987, Civic Association column. (and 7 further sources listed on the page).

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