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Michigan Alumnus

History Lessons: Fun and Fundraising

Gregory Lucas-Myers | April 2021

For more than a century, Michigras, an annual April festival welcoming spring, also served as a “fun raiser” for campus causes. Among the festivities of Michigras, an annual two-day carnival-and-fundraiser organized by U-M students to celebrate spring’s arrival, was a parade through town.

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