Note: Passage inside menu describes Evacuation Day as occurring on July 11, 1796, when the British formally left Detroit and the American flag was first flown over the city. Cover illustration shows the lowering of the British flag over Fort Detroit and raising of the U.S. flag over a nearby gunboat. Cover is also illustrated with U.S. flags, sabers, laurel leaves, a shield with an eagle, red, white and blue ribbon, and 3-dimensional brass fleurs-de-lis. Menu edges are scalloped Menu insert: Music Programs Restaurant: Hotel Cadillac (Detroit, Mich.) Location: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: new York Hails Hughes and Companions, New York City --- In the greatest reception since Lindbergh's, Howard Hughes and his four gallant companions paraded up Broadway July 15 almost smothered beneath Manhattan's ticker tape accolade recognizing their record-smashing Round-the-World flight. This picture shows Hughes, center, waving to the cheering thousands. On the left is Grover Whalen, commissioner of the New York 1939 World's Fair and on the right is Al Lodwick, Hughes' flight manager. 7-15-38. Credit Line (ACME)."