Detroit's Birthday Getting Overlooked?

[easternshorebird]

His birthplace, you mean?
Wow. That is sad.
Is that a reflection on how Canadians value their history.....

[401don]

His birthplace, you mean?
Wow. That is sad.
Is that a reflection on how Canadians value their history.....

Canadians don't spend as much time learning about their history as we should. We do however spend a little time looking at the rest of the world [[unlike many Americans). Either way, since Cadillac was the founder of Detroit you should at least know he was a French explorer, from you know, France.

[dtowncitylover]

Canadians don't spend as much time learning about their history as we should. We do however spend a little time looking at the rest of the world [[unlike many Americans). Either way, since Cadillac was the founder of Detroit you should at least know he was a French explorer, from you know, France.

And his childhood home there is still standing!

[easternshorebird]

......was the founder of Detroit you should at least know he was a French explorer, from you know, France.

Oooops! Knew he was French dude, of course, but did not know if that meant he was born on French soil or his folks had emigrated to Montreal
Thanks to 401don and dtowncitylover for the info. Relieved to hear that his birthplace in France got historic preservation, not the golden arches.

Posts generated me to do some poking around. Before he got famous in Motor City, he was in Maine and that is how Cadillac Mountain there got its name.
He also, after his stint in Detroit, got a gig as governor of Lousiana colony, but was unpopular there [[?) and his political enemies around Quebec got him sent back to France. He was even briefly thrown into the Bastille jail. [[Hmmm, maybe portending Detroit's future leaders......around 300 years later....
Fascinating stuff