Wind Surfing on Lake Michigan – Sheboygan WI

by | Nov 1, 2018 | FVWD News, Standard

Sheboygan, WI – Harbor Centre Marina is Wisconsin’s premier boating gateway, ideally located mid-state in beautiful Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Regarded by boaters as one of the finest full service marinas on the western shores of Lake Michigan and offer the best in fresh water, coastal boating, with a warm country club feel. Harbor Centre Marina is equipped to accommodate boats of all shapes and sizes and is centrally located on Sheboygan’s lakefront, just a short walk from downtown, the holistic Riverfront, and South Pier Entertainment District. Established in 1993, Harbor Centre Marina has earned the reputation as the “premier destination marina” on Lake Michigan and consistently delivers the highest quality boating services.

There are many theories as to how Sheboygan got its name, but the one most likely indicates Sheboygan was a Chippewa Indian word meaning “passage or waterway between the lakes.” French explorers Jean Nicolett (1635) and Joliet and Marquette (1643) were probably the first “white men” to experience the shores of Sheboygan.  Many years passed until in 1699, Father St. Cosme landed at a Pottawatomie Indian village at the site of the Sheboygan River.  Many more years passed before it was recorded that Wm. Farnsworth landed here in 1814.  He moved on but returned in 1818 to establish a fur trading post, which he maintained for 14 years.

Read more: http://www.sheboyganwi.gov/historystatistics/

Happy St. Patty’s Day

by | Mar 17, 2016 | FVWD News, Industry News, Standard

Kilbennan_St._Benin's_Church_Window_St._Patrick_Detail_2010_09_16Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick  is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.  Saint Patrick depicted in a stained glass window at Saint Benin’s Church, Ireland

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A St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin

A St Patrick’s Day religious procession in Downpatrick, where Saint Patrick is said to be buried

Saint Patrick’s feast day, as a kind of national day, was already being celebrated by the Irish in Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. In later times, he became more and more widely seen as the patron of Ireland. Saint Patrick’s feast day was finally placed on the universal liturgical calendar in the Catholic Church due to the influence of Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding in the early 1600s. Saint Patrick’s Day thus became a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland.

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Fox Valley Web Design ~ Green Bay, Wisconsin

by | Feb 1, 2016 | FVWD News, Gallery, Image, Industry News, Link, Standard, Video

Winter 2016 ~ Fox Valley Web Design LLC offers custom website design, WordPress development, E-commerce / online store development, custom PHP programming, HTML 5 programming, CSS programming, jQuery programming, drone aerial photography, professional product photography, commercial photography, real estate photography, 4K Video production & editing, affordable hosting plans for any size site, dedicated servers, search engine optimization, search engine submissions, SEO services, SEO reporting, keyword research, business strategy, graphic design, vector artwork, and 360 virtual tours.

Say “Thank You” to our American Veterans

by | Nov 11, 2015 | Audio, FVWD News, Gallery, Image, Industry News, Link, Standard, Video

This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on Veterans Day.  Veterans Day honors those who served the United States in all wars, especially veterans.

Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918.

Veterans Day shows respect for those who were willing to give their lives to the country and to serve their country.