Click on the link below to access a PDF version of the July 2010 Michigan at Gettysburg flyer. Please feel free to print and distribute. MIatGettysburgerFlyerFinal
Reserve your seat/s for the September 16-20, 2010 Michigan at Gettysburg Bus Tour today! A $150 per person deposit reserves your seat/s. Deposits due by August 18, 2010. Final payment due August 31, 2010. Online Payment Click button below to pay by online by check or credit card. PayPal account not needed. Pay by Mail … More September 16-20 Michigan at Gettysburg Deposit information
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A Civil War Tour You Won’t Want to Miss! September 16 – 20, 2010 Michigan at Gettysburg Click on link below for detailed tour itinerary GettysburgItinerary (Itinerary is correct, however dates should be September 16-20. I will change later tonight. Sorry for confusion) Click here to book tour and make payment Experience Gettysburg by paying … More Michigan at Gettysburg – A Civil War tour you won’t want to miss
April 21, 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of the famous American writer Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain. Maybe this year, the writer will even show up to celebrate this special occasion. The Hartford, Connecticut Mark Twain House and Museum is commemorating the centennial of his death with a Victorian seance and Ace … More Detroit’s Boston Edison District once home to Mark Twain’s daughter Clara Clemens.
I came across the East Detroit Historical Society web page featuring the East Detroit Public Schools 1872 Halfway Schoolhouse. While I found the schoolhouse history, photographs and descriptions very interesting, as a former teacher, I really enjoyed the rules teachers had to follow. People always question the validity of affirmative action laws, etc. You only … More Rules for Teachers Courtesy of East Detroit Historical Society
“Long before Detroit put the world on wheels it was warming the nation’s backsides and keeping its coffee hot. For years the city was the world’s foremost manufacturer of stoves and kitchen ranges.” … More Stoves, Brooms and Baskets! Just a few of the industries that once flourished in Detroit and southeast Michigan
For Immediate Release Grosse Ile, MI – March 12, 2010 – Hometown History Tours is pleased to announce that Eastern Michigan University’s Department of Geography and Geology is a Southeast Michigan Heritage Tourism Ambassador (SEMHTA) and will co-host the first Southeast Michigan Heritage Tourism Networking Event: Capitalizing On Our Local History. The March 18th conference … More Eastern Michigan University Department of Geography and Geology sponsors regional heritage tourism conference
Grosse Ile, Michigan’s 2010 Women’s History Month focuses on the daring and unconventional Amelia Earhart, the pioneering aviatrix who disappeared in 1937 while attempting to be the first pilot to circumnavigate the globe at the Equator. Earhart, an author, record-setting pilot, fashion designer, women’s rights advocate and celebrity, participated in several long distance flight training … More Grosse Ile’s Women’s History Month pays tribute to pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart
Promote your business AND the great heritage tourism opportunities in southeast Michigan! How? Become a SEMHTA – a Southeast Michigan Heritage Tourism Ambassador. As a SEMHTA, you’ll not only market your product or services, but – more importantly – you’ll market the region’s rich history by sponsoring two media and/or tourism professionals at the March … More Become a Southeast Michigan Heritage Tourism Ambassador
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