Enjoy a day of Vernor’s history!  There will be Vernor’s floats, sales tables of memorabilia, a 1954 newsreel about Vernor’s, photos by the huge Vernor’s sign at Foran’s and more.  At 11:30 a.m., participants will walk to the Guardian Building where the Pure Detroit store will feature the genuine gnome from the Vernor’s Plant at 4501 Woodward. A tour of the first floor will offered and the Vernor’s Float Drinking Contest will take place at the Rowland Café. 

Guests will then venture to Hart Plaza, where the mighty Vernor’s plant and soda fountain once stood, for a walking tour.  The event concludes with an author signing of the book Vernor’s Ginger Ale. 

The event is sponsored by The Vernor’s Club, Pure Detroit, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, and the Detroit Historical Society

The event is FREE and you do not have to be a member of the Vernor’s Club to attend.

To register, e-mail vernorsclub@yahoo.\com or calling 586-615-9152.

For more information please visit www.wowway.com/~vernors.

Departs Stroh River Place at 5:30 p.m. and returns by 8 p.m.

Explore this chapter in our history first-hand by sailing past some of the bootleggers’ favorite locations along the Detroit River!

Guests will enjoy dinner on board one of the Diamond Jack boats and listen as guides share their knowledge of the infamous activity that shaped our city in the 1920s and 1930s.

The tour is brought to you by Preservation Wayne and the Detroit Historical Society.

Tickets:

$55 - Society and Preservation Wayne members

$60 – Guests

Please call Preservation Wayne’s tour hotline at 313-577-7674 for tickets or additional information.