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Old Car Festival Lecture: Alice Ramsey Centennial
September 12 (3pm) and September 13 (1pm)
Meet Dorothy Grace and share her memoirs of a 2009 cross-country driving adventure in a pre-1915 car. She and her friend, Dana McNair, made the journey to commemorate Automotive Hall of Fame’s Alice Ramsey who made the same trip one hundred years earlier. Alice’s trip, which lasted 59 days, earned her the distinction of being the first woman to drive across the continental United States. She was further honored for her heroic achievement in 1960 when she was named the “Woman Motorist of the Century” by the American Automobile Association and the “First Lady of Automobile Travel” by the Automobile Manufacturers Association. In 2000 she became the first woman inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame.

The lecture will focus on Ms. Grace’s fascinating experiences when she and a friend reconstructed the same trip, exactly one century later, in two open-topped and largely un-restored brass era vehicles.
   
The event will be held in the Greenfield Village Pavilion and is free to members or with Greenfield Village admission.

pricing
All activities are free with Village admission.

MEMBERS free of charge
NON-MEMBER SENIORS age 62 & up, $21
ADULTS age 13-61, $22
YOUTH age 5-12, $16
CHILDREN 4 & under are free.

Parking is free to members or $5 per vehicle for nonmembers.
directions/maps
The Henry Ford is located in Dearborn, Michigan on the corner of Village Road and Oakwood Boulevard, just west of the Southfield Freeway (M-39) and south of Michigan Avenue (US-12).
The Henry Ford
20900 Oakwood Blvd.
Dearborn, MI 48124-4088
From the East or West via I-94:
Take I-94 to the Oakwood Blvd exit; go north on Oakwood. The Henry Ford is 2.5 miles from the exit on the corner of Village Rd and Oakwood Blvd.
From the South via I-75:
Exit to northbound Southfield Freeway (M-39), drive 4.1 miles to Oakwood Boulevard (Exit 4). Left on Oakwood and drive 1.8 miles.
From the North via Southfield Road (or I-96):
Take Southfield Freeway (M-39) South 4.5 miles past I-96 and exit at Michigan avenue (Exit 6). Continue on the Southfield service drive (veer left) for .5 miles. At the first stop light, turn right onto Village Road (through the iron gates) and drive 3/4 miles.
Metro-Detroit often has major construction projects. Please check the following sites for the latest on construction areas and road closures.
Michigan Department of Transportation
AAA Traffic & Construction Report
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