City of Lakewood Celebrates its 100th Birthday

The city of turned 100 years old Thursday.

And more than 10o residents stopped in to to celebrate.

There was a historic slideshow presented by the . Mayor Michael Summers stopped in to celebrate.

And, of course, there was cake. 

Lakewood resident Chris Bindel organized Thursday’s event after he learned that there weren’t any scheduled activities in the city on its birthday.

“I knew there were things planned for throughout the year but I was kind of disappointed no one had decided to do anything to celebrate it on the actual day of, or at least the nearest weekend of, the date,” he said.

Lakewood Patch was on hand to record the event on video.