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Re: Rosa Parks 1913-2005
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lugnet.build.vignette
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Fri, 4 Nov 2005 14:51:19 GMT
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In lugnet.build.vignette, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
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Hi all,
Fifty years ago in a quiet act of bravery, Rosa Parks stood up for her
rights by sitting down.
Gallery (I’ll take
more pictures later and put them on my website; I just wanted to get this
posted today.)
Bruce
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Very nice Bruce!
Here in Detroit I’ve been watching the funeral services on local TV all day.
She lived most of the last 50 years in Detroit with her late husband Raymond.
She was an inspiration to all of us. Ironically THE BUS is also here in
metro Detroit. The Henry Ford Museum (America’s 2nd largest museum of
Americana after the Smithsonian) purchased THE BUS and restored it recently
(they also have the chair from Ford Theatre in which Lincoln was
assassinated, and the limo in which Kennedy was assassinated).
The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village complex (now known simply as
“The Henry Ford”) is probably the most amazing collection of historic
American buildings and items found anywhere. Everything from the original
Edison Menlo Park complex to the Wright Brothers House & Bicycle Shop is
here, along with the homes of Henry Ford, Noah Webster and Harvey Firestone.
And now the Parks Bus has taken its’ place among the collections of the late
great Henry Ford.
December 1, 2005 (4 weeks from now), is the 50th anniversary date. I plan on
making a pilgrimage there in December.
Gary Istok
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Gary’s right, and you can actually sit in the bus yourself, and even in the seat
where Rosa Parks sat.
I take my kids to the museum and the village several times a year and it never
gets old. The village has many relocated historical structures like Gary
mentioned, including an old roundhouse that’s a working steam locomotive repair
shop, etc. The museum is also now doing tours of the nearby Ford plant, which is
a must-see in itself. They also have an IMAX theater.
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| (...) Very nice Bruce! Here in Detroit I've been watching the funeral services on local TV all day. She lived most of the last 50 years in Detroit with her late husband Raymond. She was an inspiration to all of us. Ironically THE BUS is also here in (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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