Muscle Cars and Hearses, Oh My!
Most people would not expect to see funeral cars at Detroit’s Woodward Dream Cruise, but this year they will see at least one!
Every August, the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit, Michigan, dazzles thousands of spectators who come to see the best that the automakers have put out over the years. More than 40,000 custom cars, collector automobiles, street rods and other impressive vehicles line Woodward Avenue revving their engines and showing people what they got. But this year there is going to be a new unique addition to the annual event.
Lynch Sons Funeral Home of Clawson has decided to display a classic 1939 Henney-Packard hearse at Peabody’s Restaurant in nearby Birmingham on Saturday, August 15. The hearse is going to be part of a much larger display that showcases the history of the American funeral. The display, which is aptly named “Reflections: The American Funeral,” is a museum on wheels complete with exhibits on funeral customs, practices and other funeral-related items designed to educate and entertain. The museum will also drive by the gravesites of historic figures buried along Woodward Avenue, including former Detroit Mayor Albert Cobo and others.
If you are going to be at the Woodward Dream Cruise this weekend, take a minute away from the roars of the engines and the smell of burning fuel. Visit the funeral display and see how far funeral cars and the funeral industry have come over the years.
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