Edison had a winter house in a little town called
Ft. Myers. This little town was located in southwest
Florida. He did a lot of his inventing here. His next door neighbors Henry Ford, and some guy with the last name
Firestone.
Unfortunately, the town because so proud to host Mr. Edison every winter, they decided to name EVERYTHING after him. The mall, the schools, the streets. Not only his last name, but even his middle name, "
Alva".
Every February, there is the Edison Festival of Lights parade. It is the grand finale of a week of silly events. Think of the Tullip Festival in
Holland, MI. Or
Mardi Gras, just not fun.