Holland
- ISBN-10
- 1439650829
- ISBN-13
- 9781439650820
- Series
- Holland
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-04-13
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Authors
- Randall P. Vande Water, Mary E. Vande Water
Description
Holland, Michigan, has a provincial feel while being cosmopolitan, offering the best of both worlds to residents and visitors alike. In 1847, emigrants from the Netherlands founded Holland. For 85 years, the city has remembered its heritage with Tulip Time, a festival that attracts 250,000 visitors each May to view six million tulips. Clinging to tradition, the residents of Holland dress in Dutch costumes to scrub streets and dance in wooden shoes as they are joined by parading bands in the shadow of a 200-year-old windmill. Over the last 50 years, Holland's cultural diversity has evolved along with an outstanding business community in which numerous industries and unique retail outlets flourish. The city is home to Hope College, has won America in Bloom floral honors, contains an award-winning hospital, and features sugar sand beaches.
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