July 11, 1796: Evacuation Day
by amy • July 11, 2011 • History, Holidays • 1 Comment
Detroit's other Independence Day.
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The Night Train
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Posts Tagged ‘mad anthony wayne’
Night Train to Summer Vacation
by amy • August 8, 2010 • Uncategorized • 1 Comment
What we did in Philadelphia.
Read more →Michigan Military Figures: THE ANSWERS EDITION
by amy • June 2, 2010 • Uncategorized • 0 Comments
After days! of suspense! Here are the answers to our special Memorial Day Michigan military figures trivia game. We might do this again sometime. We might not. It was a little silly, but we had fun. #1 The one & only … General Mad Anthony Wayne. #2 Colonel Jean-Francois Hamtramck. When Mad Anthony was...
Read more →In which Henry Ford tells me to take it easy for a while
by amy • April 25, 2010 • Uncategorized • 0 Comments
This weekend I had a dream that I found an old safe in some empty house. When I cracked it (somehow), I found a bunch of Henry Ford’s old papers and letters (including his high school diploma?) as well as several original documents relating to Anthony Wayne. So … so … dweeby. I clearly...
Read more →Tuesdays with General Friend Palmer: Goose Yokes
by amy • March 29, 2010 • Books, History • 0 Comments
The remarkable story of a French immigrant, swindled into coming to America, finding himself in Detroit, starting a general store, and selling some legendary goose yokes. Also marbles.
Read more →Valentine’s Day
by amy • February 12, 2010 • Best of THE NIGHT TRAIN, History, Meditations • 4 Comments
I tried to think about some of my favorite historical couples, but I ended up dwelling on love affairs closer to home.
Read more →Happy birthday, General “Mad” Anthony Wayne
by amy • January 1, 2010 • History • 3 Comments
On what one might imagine was a cold winter morning in Chester County, PA, on New Year’s Day, 1745, the baby who would become the young, fabulous, decorated Revolutionary War general – and securer of the city of Detroit – Anthony Wayne was born. If you’ve followed the blog from the beginning, you may...
Read more →How a music blog brought me back to Michigan
by amy • December 28, 2009 • Culture, Detroit media • 0 Comments
Greetings, team blog readers: Today I’m taking a reprieve from my usual task of writing about statues and old cemeteries and bringing you something a little different: the story of the music blog that brought me back to Michigan at the end of August. The best part: it’s also a mix CD. You can...
Read more →About this weekend: Vicente Fox is here.
by amy • October 9, 2009 • About this weekend, metro Detroit, Music • 1 Comment
This weekend, Detroit celebrates the grand opening of The Accidental Mummies of Guanajuato, a world-premiere exhibition of 36 corpses that were naturally mummified in their tombs about 100 years ago. The exhibition at the Detroit Science Center — aggressively promoted as a highly educational experience — will delve into mummy science, forensics and facial...
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