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1923. This tablet is dedicated to Gen. O. M. Poe Post No. 433, Grand Army of the Republic, by its auxiliary, Gen. Poe Woman's Relief Corps No. 8. "Not for selfish gain or applause, but for honor and the glory of the cause they did that which will …
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There are now forty-eight reasons why we will always remember the Grand Army of the Republic.
Erected by Department of Michigan, Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Dedicated November, 1948.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHP6_detroit-spanish-american-war-monument_Detroit-MI.html
Front:CubaPorto RicoErected by the people of Wayne County in commemoration of the services of her volunteer sons in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States during the war with Spain 1898-1902
Reverse:ChinaPhilippinesIn commemoratio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHOA_alpheus-s-williams_Detroit-MI.html
Major General Alpheus Starkey Williams. 1810-1878. Hero of two wars. Judge. Editor. Postmaster. Diplomat. Member of Congress. An untiring servant of the people. An honor to the City of Detroit. The Michigan Commandery of the Military Order of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFH_the-battle-of-bloody-run_Detroit-MI.html
Near this site, in late July 1763, the British and Indians fought the fiercest battle of Chief Pontiac's uprising. As Captain James Dalyell led about 260 soldiers across Parent's Creek, the Indians launched a surprise attack which devastated the B…
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…
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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/HM9BQ_perrys-victory_Detroit-MI.html
Perry's Victory in Lake ErieSept. 18, 1813
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9BP_ransom-eli-olds_Detroit-MI.html
In Lansing, on August 21, 1897, Ransom E. Olds (1864 - 1950) founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, the precursor to Oldsmobile. He produced four vehicles that year. In 1899, Olds relocated to Detroit, opening the Olds Motor Works on West Jeffers…