“FILL THIS BUS!” That’s my rally cry. I’m so excited about finally launching the Glory, Valor & Sacrifice Southeast Michigan Civil War Remembrance Tours that I want to be able to shout: “Sold Out!” Sure, if the tours sell out, I’ll make a few bucks (very few to be exact), but it’s so much more than … More FILL THIS BUS! Special promotion aims to spread the wealth.
History Happenings: Events of Historical Interest Want your event posted here? Email the details to k_risko@yahoo.com March 18, 2010 Southeast Michigan Heritage Tourism Networking Event: Capitalizing On Our Local History. 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. $28 pp/$250 table of 10 advance registration required. Sponsored in part by Southeast Michigan Heritage Tourism Ambassadors (SEMHTA) Opportunity Grosse … More History Happenings: Events of Historical Interest Around Southeast Michigan
You’re invited Please join Hometown History Tours on our inaugural bus tour Glory, Valor & Sacrifice: Southeast Michigan Civil War Remembrance Tour Saturday, May 30, 2009. This first ever bus tour features dozens of sites significant to our Nation’s fight to preserve the Union. It also coincides with the release of our first local guidebook … More Invitation to southeast Michigan government officials, community leaders & anyone interested in promoting our history and tourism
The Battle of Trevilian Station exhibit at the Monroe County Historical Museum is – you could say – a homecoming of sorts. The collection contains General George Armstrong Custer’s personal effects captured on June 11, 1864 by Confederates at Trevilian Station, Virginia. Eric J. Wittenberg calls this battle “Custer’s First Last Stand: The Battle of … More Trevilian Station Exhibit – Custer’s Captured Booty Collection
Tickets on sale now for the first ever Glory, Valor & Sacrifice Southeast Michigan Civil War Remembrance Bus Tour Two Saturdays only – May 30 and June 13, 2009 Register now & guarantee your spot! “Thank God for Michigan!” It’s believed President Abraham Lincoln uttered those famous words when the brave citizens of this … More Glory, Valor & Sacrifice: Southeast Michigan Civil War Remembrance Bus Tour Tickets On Sale Now
144 years after President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, scientists want to conduct DNA tests to determine if he had deadly brain cancer. Find important Lincoln artifacts and collections on display locally. … More Scientists want to perform DNA test on Abraham Lincoln artifact. Many important Lincoln artifacts on display locally.
Reserve your copy of Glory, Valor & Sacrifice: Southeast Michigan’s Contribution to the Civil War by ordering online today. Walking / driving guidebooks cost only $5. Place your order via PayPal here. For more information on the first release of the Hometown History Tours It Happened Here Series, visit our Walking / Driving Tour Guides section.
Will another historic Detroit building face the wrecking ball? Maybe not – if enough people voice their opposition. Detroit City Council is accepting bids to demolish the Lafayette Building, a 1920s era, 14-story building. Preservation groups want the building saved and have launched an online petition to save this historic building from the same fate … More Save historic Lafayette Building by signing online petition
By Karin Risko Preston Thomas Tucker’s grave Michigan Memorial Park, Flat Rock Masonic Gardens, Block, 41, Section 1121, Marker 4 Original “Car of the Future” 1948 Tucker on display The Henry Ford, Dearborn Preston Tucker’s home 1314 Warwick, Lincoln Park Now a municipal parking lot, plans are underway to place a historic marker on this … More Hometown Tours: Traces of Tucker in Lincoln Park & Downriver
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