Author: greatlakespeopleandplacesblog

The Father of American Conservatism

Mecosta’s Russell Kirk

Harriet Tubman

Her Fight for Emancipation and Dignity

1848 Convention on Women’s Rights

Seneca Falls, New York and the Declaration of Sentiments

For God and Homeland

Polish Chicago’s Annual Pilgrimage

Safe Haven

President Franklin Roosevelt’s 982 “Guests”

Participatory Democracy and the New Left

The Port Huron Statement

American Writers Museum

Educate, engage, enrich, motivate, inspire

Manitowoc’s Submarines

“Uncle Wants His Boats”

First Light, First Lady

Marblehead Lighthouse Keeper

Father Jacques Marquette

Monuments, Mysteries, and Myths

1933-34 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition Homes

Beverly Shores, Indiana

A Remarkable Partnership between the U.S. and Canada

The Complicated Story of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement