Mackinac Island’s Fort Holmes restoration project approved
Source: ABC 10
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A Mackinac fort will hopefully soon be drawing history-minded visitors to its newly reconstructed walls.
Excerpt: Mackinac Island visitors are closer to being able to step back into Michigan’s history with the reconstruction of Fort Holmes, a defensive structure built during the War of 1812 on the island’s highest point, thanks to a $250,000 appropriation that recently gained approval in the state Legislature.
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Source: ABC 10
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