Ι don’t know why this didn’t go, but trying again…
An interesting video compilation of musical and other oldies…
The car cruise videos are from the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit. The Woodward Dream Cruise actually started as a small fundraiser to raise money for a soccer field in Ferndale, Michigan. In August 1995, a group of volunteers looked to relive and recreate the nostalgic heydays of the 50s and 60s, when youth, music and Motor City steel roamed Woodward Avenue, America’s first highway. That year, 250,000 people participated—nearly ten times the number expected. The rest, as they say, is history.
Today, the Woodward Dream Cruise is the world’s largest one-day automotive event, drawing 1.5 million people and 40,000 classic cars each year from around the globe—from as far away as New Zealand, Australia, Japan and the former Soviet Union. North American cruisers from California, Georgia, Canada and all points in between caravan to Metro Detroit to participate in what has become, for many, an annual rite of summer.
And since it’s Valentine’s Day…
The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine’s Day. The day first became associated with romantic love within the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards known as “Valentines”.
Sooo…
Happy Valentine’s Day!
My brother drives his restored lemon yellow 81 Fiesta in the Cruise every year.
I’ve never been. Over crowded.
I prefer the small town car fests.
boy, that brings back memories – especially seeing some of the cars that I rode around in like the blue Chevelle SS 396, just like a friend of mine’s. Good times for sure! Thanks!
And to you!
And goodness… Woodward! How that’s changed.
All- Thanks!
Posted from my iPhone.
This has been an awful month for me. I realized it was Valentine’s Day and I had nothing for hubby. Decided to drive across town to the one store that has good steak for a semi-reasonable price. (I live in Europe and the local beef doesn’t taste right.).
Hubby was happier with red meat than he would have been with a box of chocolates. Yay!
Michigan in February… *and* in Detroit.
Nononononoo….