Each year in Lansing, Michigan, the holiday season unofficially begins with the Silver Bells Parade. This year, 80,000 people crowded the streets of Lansing on November 22 to see the hour-long parade, which ends in front of the Michigan State Capitol building with a traditional tree lighting ceremony. The crowd shouts along with the countdown from ten, the grand marshals throw a giant ornamental switch, and the tree lights are brilliantly illuminated while a giant fireworks display lights the sky.
This year, the parade was made safer and more secure by the presence of a newly upgraded video surveillance system featuring Samsung IP cameras at the Michigan State Capitol, a fully operational building which is also a National Historical Landmark maintained by the Facility Department.
