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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFG_elmwood-cemetery_Detroit-MI.html
In 1846 when this was a farm on the outskirts of Detroit, a group of gentlemen formed a corporation and purchased the land for use as a public cemetery. The trustees patterned the grounds after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECZ_war-of-1812-dead_Detroit-MI.html
Hardship struck soon after American troops regained Detroit on Sept. 29, 1813, during the War of 1812. Soldiers quarters were lacking, and food supplies became desperately short. Then a disease resembling cholera broke out among the soldiers. By D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECR_fort-lernoult_Detroit-MI.html
This marks the site of the southwest bastion of Fort Lernoult. It was here, on July 11, 1796, that the American flag was first flown over Detroit. the fort was built by the British in 1778-79 to protect Detroit against possible attack by George Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIH_motown_Detroit-MI.html
The "Motown Sound" was created on this site from 1959 to 1972. The company was started with an $800 loan from the savings club of the Bertha and Berry Gordy, Sr., family. Originally called Tamla Records, the company's first national release was "M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9PQ_ford-airport-ford-tri-motor_Dearborn-MI.html
The Ford AirportAt this airport, built by Henry Ford in 1924, world and national history was made, ushering in a new era of flight embracing the all-metal airliner, radio control devices, air mail, scheduled flights, and the airline services that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9O3_civil-war-spanish-war-world-war_River-Rouge-MI.html
Erected in 1927byF.A. Buhl Woman's relief Corps No.43aux. to the Grand Army of the RepublicA tribute to the menof this communitywho made the supreme sacrifice.Civil WarSpanish WarWorld War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9O2_first-michigan-colored-regiment_Detroit-MI.html
The First Michigan Colored Regiment was organized at Camp Ward, which originally stood at this location. Formed from August through October 1863, a year of draft riots and protests against the war, this Negro regiment consisted entirely of volunte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9NU_gabriel-richard_Detroit-MI.html
Father Gabriel Jacques Richard, S. S., (1767-1832) — pastor, educator and public servant — arrived in Detroit in 1798. In 1802 he became the pastor of Ste. Anne Church. He brought a printing press to the area and in 1809 printed Michig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9NT_ste-anne-church_Detroit-MI.html
On July 26, 1701, two days after his arrival, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, founder of Detroit, built a chapel dedicated to Ste. Anne, patron saint of New France. Father Francois Vaillant, a Jesuit, and Father Nicholas Constantine Delhalle, a Fran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9EH_george-debaptiste-homesite_Detroit-MI.html
George DeBaptiste, a long-time Mason, and one of Detroit's most active and impassioned black community leaders, lived on this site during the 1850s and 60s. Born in Virginia about 1815, he moved to Madison, Indiana in 1838 and became involved in t…