  Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 2035 Registered: 12-2005 |
From today's Detroit News: Marker honors Jewish history quote: | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 1442 Registered: 11-2005 |
Mazel Tov! | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 858 Registered: 10-2006 |
"When indigenous people captured Abraham amid hostilities, European settlers won his freedom by trading him for an imprisoned Native American leader." So that is where Detroit's race issues started... | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 3832 Registered: 10-2003 |
Kathleen posted the full notice of this in the "Jews in Detroit" HOF thread a few days ago. Read it at: https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/6790/69744.html?11774536 67#POST672927 | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2246 Registered: 10-2003 |
From today's Free Press: State's Jewish roots are marked: Riverside memorial cites settler, soldiers "Bright sunshine and warm breezes hit the calm waters of the Detroit River on Sunday as a state historical marker was dedicated, marking the significance of Jewish people's influence on metro Detroit. The marker -- located next to a pathway at Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor on Detroit's waterfront -- tells the story of Chapman Abraham, Detroit's first Jewish settler, and of the 181 Michigan Jews who served during the Civil War. ..." http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=2007704300392 |
