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Greenfield Village

Greenfield Village

Greenfield Village is the “outside museum” of “The Henry Ford.” Perhaps the best way to describe Greenfield Village is as Henry Ford’s collection of buildings – representing his heroes; his personal history; and the craft, industries, and homes that he felt both characterized the past and established a blueprint for the future. The Henry Ford Official Guidebook The picture above the title is a home typical of those on plantations. This one belonged to Henry J. Carroll, owner of the…

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Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

After leaving Mackinac Island, we spent the next day and night traveling down Lake Huron. We arrived in the Port of Detroit early the next morning. We saw beautiful views of the harbor, an incredible sunrise, and the Ambassador Bridge which connects Detroit to Windsor, Canada. Our shore excursion would take us to The Henry Ford in Dearborn. On the way, we stopped outside the Detroit Tigers baseball stadium where we saw statues of tigers, the team’s mascot. Henry Ford…

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