Detroit Part 1

On Saturday Dan and I decided to drive from Hastings to Detroit as it was just over 2 hours away. We started the day out in Greenfield Village in Dearborn, just outside the city. Greenfield Village was created by Henry Ford and is amazing. He moved or replicated different houses, farms, and old ways of doing things.

Working Farm

Cooking food for the workers

Weaving

Pottery

Painting

Printing

Tin lanterns

Making tin objects

We love learning :)

Rag time Street Fair

 They also had a Rag Time Street fair on the main street. They had food, live music, and dancing. We bought some hobo bread and I got fresh lemonade. We also got pictures of Dan's favorite building, a courtroom from Illinois where Abraham Lincoln practiced law.

Inside the court room

Corner Cabinet Lincoln made

Outside of the court room

Bike rider

 In the afternoon they play an old game of baseball...meaning they use rules from the 1800's. It was fun watching them play and they had Theodore Roosevelt throw the first pitch and give part of his campaign speech when he ran for the presidency.

 Parade to the field

Roosevelt

Game time

First Pitch

Waving to the train

Old Windmill

Dictionary in Webster's house

Ladies having afternoon lunch on the lawn

Learning to dance

We had a great time and were ready to go when we finished, it was a lot of time being on our feet in the hot sun...we were ready for some dinner!