Activities
A Star Spangled Fourth of July
- Date and time
- July 4, 2027 · 9:30 AM (venue local time)
- Venue
- Fort Mackinac
- Location
- Mackinac Island, MI, 49757
- Listing source
- Public listing · Refreshed Oct 15, 2026
About this event
The historic island fort is decked out in patriotic finery with banners, flags and bunting. It is an 1880’s Independence Day, with 38-gun salutes honoring the states of the period and children’s games. Guests join the party and participate in games on the fort parade ground. Don’t miss out on this all 1880s Independence Day as we have catch and baseball available on the parade ground to go along with foot and relay races, a band, a reading of the Declaration of Independence, the raising of the colors, the national salute (38 rifle blasts for the 38 states of the 1880s!), a cannon salute, and m