Frankenmuth Bavarian FestivalReligious leaders in Bavaria sent a group of 15
Franconians to Michigan's Saginaw Valley in 1845 to set up a mission for the Indians. The settlement, known as Frankenmuth, retained its
Bavarian roots and soon attracted other German immigrants. The Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival, held in June each year to celebrate the town's German heritage, features a dance tent resembling a German
biergarten with German dance bands and beverages, as well as farm tours, arts and crafts displays, a parade featuring the festival's Bavarian Princess, and well-known entertainers of German origin.
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