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- Gettysburg Memorial to the Michigan Cavalry Brigade - Learn more about a painting from our collection depicting the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield monument that honors the Michigan Cavalry Brigade.
- May 18, 2017
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Gettysburg Memorial to the Michigan Cavalry Brigade
Learn more about a painting from our collection depicting the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield monument that honors the Michigan Cavalry Brigade.
- Battle Creek’s Percy Jones General Hospital - Learn the history of Percy Jones General Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan, which at the end of World War II was the largest medical installation operated by the United States Army.
- December 28, 2020
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Battle Creek’s Percy Jones General Hospital
Learn the history of Percy Jones General Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan, which at the end of World War II was the largest medical installation operated by the United States Army.
- Making America Better - The Henry Ford happily celebrates and welcomes into the world a new national museum: the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- September 23, 2016
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Making America Better
The Henry Ford happily celebrates and welcomes into the world a new national museum: the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- All Dolled Up for Christmas - Learn how the Ford Motor Company Girls' Club participated in the Detroit tradition of dressing Goodfellows dolls, intended as Christmas presents for underprivileged children.
- December 08, 2015
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All Dolled Up for Christmas
Learn how the Ford Motor Company Girls' Club participated in the Detroit tradition of dressing Goodfellows dolls, intended as Christmas presents for underprivileged children.
- A Gettysburg Painting and the Search for Jessie Zinn - Who was Jessie Zinn? And why did she paint the Civil War Michigan Cavalry Brigade Monument in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?
- May 23, 2013
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A Gettysburg Painting and the Search for Jessie Zinn
Who was Jessie Zinn? And why did she paint the Civil War Michigan Cavalry Brigade Monument in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?
- Take Me Home Huey - The Henry Ford is proud to host a special display for a limited time: Take Me Home Huey is mixed-media sculpture created from the remains of an historic U.S. Army Huey helicopter shot down in 1969 during a medical rescue in Vietnam.
- June 29, 2016
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Take Me Home Huey
The Henry Ford is proud to host a special display for a limited time: Take Me Home Huey is mixed-media sculpture created from the remains of an historic U.S. Army Huey helicopter shot down in 1969 during a medical rescue in Vietnam.
- Dr. Sullivan Jackson: Saxophonist - Music is a part of the Jackson family story, from the piano lessons that first brought young Richie Jean Sherrod soon-to-be-Jackson and young Corretta Scott soon-to-be-King together to the family's music room that housed an impressive record collection. In fact, Dr. Sullivan Jackson played tenor saxophone prior to his career as a dentist serving Selma's Black community. Dr. Jackson's time as a musician in the mid-1940s to the early-1950s allowed him to participate in Black American music cultural changes.
- June 20, 2025
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Dr. Sullivan Jackson: Saxophonist
Music is a part of the Jackson family story, from the piano lessons that first brought young Richie Jean Sherrod soon-to-be-Jackson and young Corretta Scott soon-to-be-King together to the family's music room that housed an impressive record collection. In fact, Dr. Sullivan Jackson played tenor saxophone prior to his career as a dentist serving Selma's Black community. Dr. Jackson's time as a musician in the mid-1940s to the early-1950s allowed him to participate in Black American music cultural changes.
- The Easter Bunny's Origins in America - Spring! A time to celebrate! The season brings longer days, warmer weather, and new life. Budding flowers, baby chicks and lambs, painted eggs, and, of course, the Easter Bunny — all symbolize the return of spring and the end of dreary winter.
- April 15, 2025
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The Easter Bunny's Origins in America
Spring! A time to celebrate! The season brings longer days, warmer weather, and new life. Budding flowers, baby chicks and lambs, painted eggs, and, of course, the Easter Bunny — all symbolize the return of spring and the end of dreary winter.
- Three Trips to Tuskegee with the Fords and the Fair Lane - Beginning in 1921, Henry and Clara Ford used their own railroad car, the Fair Lane, to travel in privacy. Henry Ford took the railcar to the Tuskegee Institute in 1938, 1941, and 1942, and Clara accompanied Henry at least twice.
- July 08, 2021
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Three Trips to Tuskegee with the Fords and the Fair Lane
Beginning in 1921, Henry and Clara Ford used their own railroad car, the Fair Lane, to travel in privacy. Henry Ford took the railcar to the Tuskegee Institute in 1938, 1941, and 1942, and Clara accompanied Henry at least twice.
- Trucks Take the Spotlight at the 2018 Old Car Festival - Matt Anderson, Curator of Transportation at The Henry Ford, provides a look back at the 2018 Old Car Festival, with its focus on trucks, in Greenfield Village.
- September 21, 2018
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Trucks Take the Spotlight at the 2018 Old Car Festival
Matt Anderson, Curator of Transportation at The Henry Ford, provides a look back at the 2018 Old Car Festival, with its focus on trucks, in Greenfield Village.