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Michigan History: St. Joseph - Wedding Capital, U.S.A.

January 25, 2007 – 8:41 am

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Las Vegas boasts that it is America's "wedding capital." Yet, in the early years of the twentieth century, Michigan, especially the Lake Michigan town of St. Joseph, was the "wedding capital of the Midwest." Michigan marriage laws did not require residency, allowed people to marry at the age of 18 [...]

By michiganhistory | Also posted in Articles, Books & Magazines, Community, History & Libraries, Michigan, Offbeat, Organizations, Publications, SW, The Michigan Pages: History: Magazine, Wedding & Event Services | Comments (0)

Proposal 2 sounds like a really bad idea

October 27, 2006 – 8:33 am

Both Democratic Governor Granholm and Republican challenger Dick DeVos have voiced opposition to Proposal 2. Now former Republican Gov. William Milliken has also come out with an editorial in opposition to the measure that would end affirmative action:
In just a few weeks, the voters of Michigan will be facing an important choice that will define [...]

By farlane | Also posted in Articles, Community, Community & Nonprofit Organizations, Elections, Government, Michigan | Comments (37)

Detroit's Walk To Freedom

June 22, 2005 – 6:44 pm

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. is among America's best-recognized civil rights activists. His many accomplishments include his "I Have A Dream" speech that he gave on August 28, 1963, in Washington, DC. King, however, first gave that now-famous speech in Detroit.
In the spring of 1963, Detroiters looked for a way to commemorate the anniversary [...]

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Michigan and "The Longest Day"

June 9, 2005 – 6:37 pm

On Monday, June 6, 2005, aging allied veterans gathered on the rain-whipped beaches of northwestern France and quietly honored friends who had fallen 61 years earlier in the battle that changed the course of World War II.
In Michigan, the anniversary received little notice. But in 1944, the invasion of German-occupied Western Europe was a [...]