Cold Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a year-round program, and the men were still in camp during the winter.
Archive for 2010
A Civilian at Heart
In 1943, Robert (“Bob”) Craig experienced Naval training on the U.S.S. Prairie State. The Archives of Michigan houses about a dozen letters that he wrote to Selma Bandemer, who lived in East Lansing.
Scavenging for History!
Everyone loves a scavenger hunt. Now, you can “scavenge” for clues in the Michigan Historical Center!
Gobblers and The Gridiron
Detroit has played in every Thanksgiving game since 1934. Like turkey, it’s a tradition. But why Detroit?
Michigan’s Civil War Legacy
The American Civil War is the single greatest event in our Nation’s history — “grand and terrible at the same time, tragic in every moment and in every overtone, eternally bewildering and yet lit with an unmistakable significance for the world of today.” – Bruce Catton of Frankfort, Michigan
Terrible and tragic? Michigan suffered the loss [...]
The legacy of the Civil War is that it brought forth a new birth of freedom for this great Nation of ours.
Polar Bears
Above, we see a regiment of “Polar Bears.” They fought Bolshevik Troops in Russia in 1918-1919.
The Legend Lives On…
On November 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald vanished. Later that month, its wreckage was found underwater and positively identified.
I Am
Mary Pennington probably seemed ordinary, but she had an interesting life. In 1945, she moved to New Mexico to study and work at the compound of the “I AM” religious movement.
Marking the Past
In Michigan, the state’s historical commission has been involved with a historical marker program since 1955.