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Rendez-vous Détroit
Celebrating Détroit's French History!
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Bienvenue and welcome to Rendez-vous Détroit! We’re so excited that you are visiting our website and hope you’ll become a regular! We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission of celebrating our French heritage, the unique and special French history of Détroit and increasing the public’s awareness and knowledge of the contributions made by the French during the early settlement of the Great Lakes Region.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Bonne Fête 325 Détroit tickets can be ordered online or mail completed registration form with check to:
Rendez-vous Détroit
P.O. Box 4158
Centerline, MI 48015
RENDEZ-VOUS DÉTROIT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Bonjour les amis,
Rendez-vous Détroit is planning a wonderful celebration to mark Détroit’s 325th birthday, July 24 – 25, 2026.
To commemorate the founding of Détroit on July 24, 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Rendez-vous Détroit will be hosting a weekend of festivities at the historic Fort Pontchartrain. Hotel, located on the very site of Cadillac’s original fort. Festivities include:
• Friday afternoon gathering at the Cadillac Convoy Plaque at Hart Plaza to pay tribute to Cadillac and the members of the founding 1701 convoy.
• Friday evening meet and greet cocktail party at Fort Pontchartrain Hotel.
• Friday night French Canadian dinner with after-dinner speaker Catherine Cangany, Ph.D., “Early French History of Détroit,” and dance. Music by Dennis Stroughmatt and L’Esprit Creole, Deborah Hyland, Dance Caller.
• Saturday morning conference: Jim Verney, “Jean Baptiste Vernier” (1762 – 1834) and Claire-Marie Brisson, Ph.D., “Michiganaise: Tracing Francophone Identity in the Great Lakes.”
• Saturday afternoon: Détroit French History Cruise or tour of the Detroit Historical Museum.
• Saturday evening: Traditional French Canadian music by La Compagnie Dance Troupe.
Rendez-vous Détroit is seeking sponsors to partner and party with us! We offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities which will ensure your name or company’s name is part of the lasting legacy of Détroit’s 325th celebration.
Please join with us as we remember and celebrate Détroit’s French history and heritage.
Bonne Fête Détroit!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Mr. John Moran
Mr. Ken Roberts
Mr. James LaForest
Mr. David Martin, in memory of Bernadette Martin Salinger
Dar and Stephen Darley, in memory of Russell Navarre, Sr.