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Saturday, May 17 / 11am-1pm
Take a stroll around the campus that housed the first Lion’s game and numerous other historic events. Learn more about the chapels and get perspective from a professor involved with the campus for 40 years.

White-winged schooners once dominated commerce and culture on the Great Lakes, and songs relieved the hours on board, but that way of life and its music ended when steam-driven mechanical boats swept schooners from the inland seas. Recognizing in the late 1930s, almost too late, that this rich oral tradition was going to the grave along with the last generation of schoonermen, Ivan H. Walton undertook a quest to save the songs of the Great Lakes sailors. Walton reconstructed songs from one of the most colorful periods in American history, discovering melodies and lyrics to more than a hundred songs. With its stories, lyrics, musical scores by folksinger/historian Lee Murdock, and accompanying CD, Windjammers ensures that sailing chanteys that have not been heard for over one hundred years can be heard again and again far into the future.

Saturday, May 31 / 11am-1pm
Travel back in time as you explore the stories held within over one and a half centuries of history. Enter the old fort, see the Potter Barracks and garrison, and have your questions answered. You will also have the chance to visit the Tuskegee Airmen Museum, located on the grounds of Historic Fort Wayne. reservations and to buy tickets now.

With a population made up overwhelmingly of Polish immigrants and descendents, Hamtramck was especially hardhit by the impact of World War II. Most of the city’s residents had family contacts with the old country. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Hamtramckans reacted with shock and anger. Thousands of residents fought in the war, hundreds died. And those who remained at home dealt with the wartime life as best they could. This book presents a portrait of the city at war and shows how residents—of all ages, races, and backgrounds—coped with shortages, the threat of attack, and the everpresent dread that the next telegram may bring news of a soldier’s death.

The Great Lakes may not have blood thirsty Pirates, but the Detroit River has been a Smuggler’s Paradise for centuries! Join Joel as he takes you back in time to the 1700s when furs were being smuggled across the river, later humans through the Underground Railroad up to alcohol being smuggled in from Canada during the Prohibition years and even today smugglers attempt to evade Customs Inspectors. Attendees will also have a chance to visit the other exhibits throughout the Dossin Great Lakes Museum.

Saturday, June 28 / 11am-1pm
Take a closer look at the memorial art including mausoleums and monuments throughout historic Elmwood Cemetery. Chancey Miller, historian and former manager, will guide you and share stories surrounding various historic structures, including the final resting place of Martha Jean “The Queen” Steinberg, highlighted in our Classic Radio Voices exhibit.