Happy 313th Birthday! -- Detroit Historical Museum -- founded by Antoine Cadillac

from Detroit Free Press article (Sunday, July 20, 2014): It’s the hip area code emblazoned on T-shirts, shouted in rap songs, and built into most every metro Detroiter’s telephone habits. This week, it’s on birthday cakes, too, as Detroit celebrates its 313th birthday with a full week of activities at the Detroit Historical Museum. And there are dozens of other events, including many free festivals, tours, and concerts. The 313 area code has “become a moniker for Detroit, central to our identity,” said Bob Sadler, marketing director for the Detroit Historical Museum. This week’s museum programs include extra cultural references to 313, but “we’ve always made the city’s birthday a special celebration, on and around July 24, that being the day in 1701 when Antoine Cadillac and his band of voyageurs decided to settle here,” Sadler said.