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Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival, July 29th - August 7th

The Coast Guard City Festival Board of Directors and Staff along with their hundreds of volunteers have been hard at work on the 2005 Coast Guard Festival. The preparation began shortly after completing a very successful 2004 Festival.

This is Grand Haven's 81st year of celebrating and honoring The United States Coast Guard and what began as a simple Community Coast Guard Birthday picnic, has grown into a premier national military festival. The festival has activities for the entire family.

The primary reason for The Coast Guard Festival is The National Memorial Service held at Escanaba Park. On Friday August 5th they will honor the men and women of the Coast Guard and remember those of the military who have made the extreme sacrifice protecting our homeland security. This year we also pay special tribute to the Women in the Coast Guard.

The festival activities also include a televised Grand Parade, Ship Tours, Carnival, entertainment and many other activities.

The Grand Finale Fireworks, Saturday August 6th, considered one of the best, is once again generously sponsored by The Van Kampen Group.

We hope you all enjoy this year's event.

Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival web site

Posted/updated Jul 14, 2005
by William Stevens (Absolute Michigan Lifestyles Editor)