Winners in the 10best Readers' Choice Awards for festivals have been announced, and Mackinac island's Lilac Festival was among the best.

In 1872 Yellowstone was established as the first National Park. Many people will tell you that the second national park, Yosemite, was designated in 1890, 18 years later, but this overlooks the existence of Mackinac National Park,

Mackinac Island's Lilac Festival was named the third best Flower Festival in the United States by the USA Today 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards.

Seeing how popular his home island was becoming as a vacation spot, Ferry introduced Senate Bill 28 to designate the country’s second national park. Only three months later, on March 3, 1875, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill into law, creating Mackinac National Park.

The annual 10-day festival was named one of the best flower festivals in the nation in the latest USA Today Readers' Choice poll.