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Huntington Woods follows tradition with parade, politicians, fireworks.
his year marked the 40th anniversary of the Huntington
Woods Fourth of July Parade. And, like many things
"Huntington Woods," the cavalcade of color guards, high-
school marching bands and war vets lent an air of nostalgia for
bygone times.
The Detroit Jewish community's eastern-most hub, "the Woods"
has developed a rich tradition of celebrating America's birthday. In
addition to the parade, there's a concert in park that evening and
the always well-regarded fireworks show after dark.
Starting on the city's Woodward Avenue border, the parade route
wound its way through the center of town and concluded at Scotia
Park, where the annual bake sale allowed residents to show off
their cooking prowess.
Of course, no Independence Day parade would be complete
without politicians. The Levin brothers, Sen. Carl and Rep. Sander,
who have become fixtures at the event, made their annual appear-
ance; Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner also marched.
Needless to say, many babies were kissed that day. El
The Tigers' mascot, Paws, was a popular
feature of the Huntington Woods parade.
Asher Brode looks at the parade
Micha Zwick pushes his son Elliot behind Lesley Zwick and Shanna
with interest.
Schick, who pushes her daughter Noa.
Benji and Bobby Efros
Nancy Triest with her granddaughter
In from Washington: Sander and Carl Levin.
Shayna Triest
Focus On History
Detroit Historical Society event screens eyewitness film of 1938 Austria.
he Detroit Historical Society (DHS) held a
Past>Forward campaign speaker series event
earlier this summer at the Detroit Historical
Museum's "Streets of Old Detroit."
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum film researcher
Leslie Swift presented rare eyewitness footage from
two of the museum's film collections. One was taken
by Americans Helen and Ross Baker, who were liv-
ing in Vienna with their son when the Germans
entered Austria in March 1938. With their 16mm
Kodak movie camera, they captured both the jubi-
lant reception Hitler received from many Austrians
as well as the persecution of Jewish citizens. The
Bakers' son, Stan, and his wife, Miriam, summer in
Pentwater, Mich., and were at the program to dis-
cuss the footage and answer questions.
Other speakers at the event included co-chairs Lois
Shaevsky and Robert Schostak, and Bob Bury, execu-
tive director and CEO of the Detroit Historical Society.
Bury remarked that just as the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum is America's national institution
for Holocaust history, the DHS is Detroit's institution
for studying and interpreting our region's shared his-
tory. The DHS is working to expand programming,
enhance technology and renovate its exhibits.
Through the efforts of its Past>Forward cam-
paign, DHS is on track to raise $20 million over a
five-year period that ends in June 2014, and has
raised nearly $9 million to date in the campaign's
first two years.
Event co-chairs Mark and Lois Shaevsky, Nancy and Bob
Schostak, all of Bloomfield Hills, and David and Kristin
Nicholson of Grosse Pointe Farms
Judy Levin Cantor and husband,
Mert and Beverly Segal of
Bernard Cantor, of Bloomfield Hills flank
Barbara and Michael Kratchman of
Nancy and Lawrence Bluth and Bruce Rosen,
Bloomfield Hills
Bloomfield Hills
all of Bloomfield Hills, with Bob Bury, right,
Hugh Greenberg of Franklin.
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July 28 - 2011
director/CEO of the Detroit Historical Society