Events
The Banquet this year is to be held at The Italian American Cultural Center doors open at 5:00 dinner at 6:00 tickets are $55.
The historic Holy Family Church in Downtown Detroit for a mass, with a small fellowship following. After fellowship we will go to the base of the statue at Randolf an Jefferson to lay a wreath at the base of the bust of Columbus.
The Columbus Day Parade begins at 11 a.m. and will assemble at approximately 9:30 a.m. The parade route will be in Mt. Clemens and begin at Main and Church and end at Main and Market. We will have an afterglow at Fern Hill Golf Club on Clinton River Rd. in Clinton Twp.
The Columbus Day Committee will be taking a bus to the state capitol. The bus is by invitation only, however , this is your state capital, everyone is invited.
Members and friends of the Columbus Day Celebration Committee will attend a Memorial Mass at 9:15 a.m. in honor of Christopher Columbus and the patron Saint of Italy, San Francesco at San Francesco Church in Clinton Twp. located at 16 and Gratiot. Following Mass, there will be a procession with the statue of San Francesco. Following up with fellowship. This year San Francesco Church is celebrating the 40th anniversary of this location started in 1898, 120 in all.
Information on the 2018 Columbus Day Celebration Queen Pageant for Contestants & Their Parents:
