It was a nice day in Detroit. We learned about the underground railroad and some more Michigan firsts!!
We learned a lot today. We learned about Motown and how Henry Ford changed the world. We also learned that working on an assembly line for 5 minutes but that 5 years could be another story.
We also had Jim Bassett, a former Great Lakes Sailor come in and tell us about working on the ore boats! Thanks Jim!
Detroit (French: meaning "at the strait") is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario Detroit is a geographical oddity as the only U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded in 1701 by the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
It is known as the world's traditional automotive center — "Detroit" is a center for the American automobile industry — and an important source of popular music, legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, Motor City and Motown
