Things that are unique to Albion or started here, including recurring events and cultural items such as songs and sports.
From the First Mother of Mother’s Day to the Old Rugged Cross. Cardboard Classics to T-Ball. The Walk for Warmth to the Festival of the Forks. What might be the world’s largest Coke Mural. Albion is special!
ALBION BAND SHELL SCULPTURE ARTIST DISCOVERED! – by Frank Passic
This has been a mystery for many years: Who designed the two musical sculpture reliefs on the Band Shell in ...
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THE OLD RUGGED CROSS HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME – WRITTEN IN ALBION – by Frank Passic
The Old Rugged House Rev. Bennard once quipped, “I’ve been introduced as the author of ‘The Old Gray Mare,’ ‘The ...
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“THE OLD RUGGED CROSS” WRITTEN IN ALBION – by Frank Passic
The Old Rugged House In 1912 Rev. Bennard lived in an apartment at the home of Professor Delos Fall (formerly ...
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Habitat for Humanity breaks ground for their first veteran-owned home in Albion
By Sylvia BenavidezContributing Writer March 5, 2020 This Albion house will have a new roof and new front porch. “We are ...
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Censor Theatre Early Albion Cinema – by Frank Passic
Censor Theatre, Albion, Mich, 1916 The first “talkie” movie that came to Albion was shown at the Censor Theatre in ...
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The Recorder Newspaper – by Frank Passic
THE ALBION RECORDER HAS BEEN AROUND A LOT LONGER THAN YOU THINK Albion Recorder, October 4, 2001, pp. 2, 37 ...
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Old Downtown Postcard – by Frank Passic
Photo card from circa 1907 by the acclaimed photographer Pesha who went all over Michigan producing picture postcards. Morning Star, ...
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Union Steel to come down, some Union Steel cats saved
By Sylvia BenavidezContributing Writer March 5, 2020 Union Steel a couple of days before preparations to tear the building down begins ...
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Depression Era Parade – by Frank Passic
Morning Star, June 28, 1994, pg 17 Following the stock market crash in 1929, major financial reverses occurred in this ...
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UNION STEEL ARMY-NAVY “E” AWARD – by Frank Passic
Massive Army-Navy “E” Excellence Award Presentation Ceremony Wednesday, May 5, 1943 Morning Star, November 23, 1997, pg. 12 It certainly ...
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