Every Michigan license plate begins its life in a correctional facility in Lenawee County. Recently, production began on a new commemorative plate tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Every license plate issued in Michigan is manufactured at Gus Harrison Correctional Facility in Adrian. The facility houses the state’s only license plate factory, where incarcerated workers produce more than 1.5 million plates each year for vehicles across Michigan.
Production has begun on a new red, white, and blue license plate commemorating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States. The design is part of Michigan’s Legacy Plate series, which modernizes the iconic 1976 bicentennial plate created for the nation’s 200th anniversary. According to state officials, more than 2,500 of the new plates have already been ordered…