Working hiatus
by amy • December 10, 2010 • Uncategorized • 2 Comments
We're taking what has accidentally become our quarterly hiatus. But we have plenty to keep you thoughtful and amused while we're gone.
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Posts Tagged ‘capitol park’
Scenes from Stevens T. Mason’s reburial
by amy • October 28, 2010 • Events, History • 0 Comments
A small crowd gathered in Capitol Park yesterday to honor Stevens T. Mason, Michigan's first and America's youngest governor, on his 199th birthday.
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by amy • October 24, 2010 • dreams, History • 4 Comments
How many opportunities do you have in a lifetime to attend the solemn rite of governor’s burial? How many of those opportunities involve a governor who died 167 years ago? A governor that fought to found your state? The youngest governor ever? A governor whose nickname was Young Hotspur? You see where we’re going with...
Read more →Walking with Stevens T. Mason to Capitol Park
by amy • June 30, 2010 • Best of THE NIGHT TRAIN, History • 3 Comments
Yesterday, of course, the world was rocked by the announcement that Boy Governor Stevens T. Mason‘s remains, originally presumed to be — well, you know, in his grave — were MIA. The situation grew stranger by the hour as reports surfaced that no one even knew if they were looking for a coffin or an urn...
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