Editing Traverse City, Michigan (section)

===20th century===
[[File:Traverse City 100th Anniversary Parade 1949.webm|thumb|[[Parade]] for the 100th anniversary of Traverse City's founding in 1949]]
The first National Cherry Festival was held in Traverse City in 1925. It was first called "Blessing of the Blossoms" and held in the spring to attract people during the blooming season. With the exception of the years before and during World War II, this tradition has been carried on since in Traverse City. The legislature moved the date of the festival to the summer, and it attracts tourists from around the state and across the country. During the week the festival takes place, the population of Traverse City rises from about 15,000 to about 500,000. In 2004 the legislature added "Blossom Days", again as a spring festival.

Also in 1925, [[Munson Medical Center]] opened, and has since grown to serve much of Northern Michigan and serves as one of Traverse City's largest employers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Munson Healthcare |url=https://www.munsonhealthcare.org/about-the-system/about-munson-healthcare |access-date=2023-02-03 |publisher= Munson Healthcare}}</ref>

In 1929, Traverse City's first airport, Ransom Field, opened, offering flights to [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]. It closed in 1936, when the new Traverse City Airport (now called [[Cherry Capital Airport]]) was opened. In 1953 the grounds of Ransom Field were redeveloped as Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

In 1934, the original Traverse City High School building burnt down, with no casualties.<ref name="traverseticker.com">{{Cite web|title=Looking Back on Education History in Traverse City|url=https://www.traverseticker.com/news/looking-back-on-education-history-in-traverse-city/|website=The Ticker: Traverse City News & Events|access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> For three years, while the high school was being rebuilt, classes were moved to the [[Perry Hannah House]], the former residence of the city's founder. Classes were moved back to the new school building in September 1937.<ref name="traverseticker.com">{{Cite web|title=Looking Back on Education History in Traverse City|url=https://www.traverseticker.com/news/looking-back-on-education-history-in-traverse-city/|website=The Ticker: Traverse City News & Events|access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> In 1960, the high school was moved from downtown Traverse City to a new college-style campus on the grounds of [[Northwestern Michigan College]], which opened a few years prior in 1951. The former high school building was converted to Traverse City Junior High (now Central Grade School<ref>{{Cite web|title='People are attached': History, purpose weighed in plan for Central Grade School future|url=https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/people-are-attached-history-purpose-weighed-in-plan-for-central-grade-school-future/article_13cefa70-d4bc-11ed-9114-173b5990c3fd.html|website=Traverse City Record-Eagle|access-date=March 2, 2025}}</ref>). In 1997, the high school split into [[Traverse City Central High School|Traverse City Central]] and [[Traverse City West Senior High School|Traverse City West]] High Schools due to extreme overcrowding at the 1960s building.<ref name="traverseticker.com"/>

In 1989, the Traverse City State Hospital closed, leaving hundreds without jobs, massive abandoned buildings, and many homeless former patients. Since 2000, the Minervini Group has undertaken the project of renovating the entire property into a social center, including many restaurants, retail spaces, office space, and residential space.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Places from the Past: Traverse City village was once an asylum |url=https://www.hollandsentinel.com/in-depth/news/history/2021/09/26/places-past-traverse-city-village-once-asylum/5806840001/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Holland Sentinel |date=September 26, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Record-Eagle |first=SALLY BARBER Special to the |title=See Building 50 in a new light |url=https://www.record-eagle.com/news/go/see-building-50-in-a-new-light/article_417d7707-fab4-5bca-a0d1-212d2e233595.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Traverse City Record-Eagle |date=March 30, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Coast Guard City hosts National Cherry Festival 120714-G-AW789-117.jpg|thumb|The National Cherry Festival's annual parade on East Front Street in 2012.]]