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The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), colloquially known as the Blacksonian, is a Smithsonian Institution museum located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the United States. [4] It was established in 2003 and opened its permanent home in 2016 with a ceremony led by President Barack Obama.
1812 Detroit and Mackinac Island were captured by the British in the War of 1812. 1813 Detroit was recovered from the British by future-President William Henry Harrison. 1813 Lewis Cass became Territorial Governor. 1817 The University of Michigan was established in Detroit, the first public university in the state.
Congress awarded the "Toledo Strip" to Ohio. Michigan received the western part of the Upper Peninsula as a concession and formally entered the Union as a state on January 26, 1837. When iron and copper were discovered in the Upper Peninsula, impetus was created for the construction of the Soo Locks, completed in 1855.
There are 42 National Historic Landmarks (NHL) in the state, located in 18 of its 83 counties. The landmarks also cover sites of military significance, such as Fort Michilimackinac, religious significance, such as the St. Ignace Mission, and cultural significance, such as the Fox Theater and Ernest Hemingway's boyhood summer cottage. [1]
Michigan. Wisconsin Territory. The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, [1] until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit was the territorial capital.
What appeared to be an open-and-shut case for Texas investigators turned out to be a twisted murder plot involving victim Alyssa Beard's ex-boyfriend Andrew Beard and his fiancée Holly Elkins ...
Address. 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd. Mount Pleasant MI 48858-8432. Opening date. April 22, 1998. Total gaming space. 210,000 sq ft (20,000 m 2) Notable restaurants. Siniikaung Bistro.
Lonnie Bunch. Lonnie G. Bunch III (born November 18, 1952) is an American educator and historian. Bunch is the fourteenth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the first African American and first historian to serve as head of the Smithsonian. He has spent most of his career as a history museum curator and administrator.