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When the British leave Detroit, the U.S. flag is raised.
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Michigan became a state. Its current capitol is Detroit.
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The state capitol is switched to Lansing because Detroit isn't centrally located.
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Henry Ford invents the first ever car.
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Michigan's flag is of an elk on the left and a moose on the right. Michigan's quote, "SI QUAERIS PENINSULAM AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE." It means, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." That quote is located on a banner below the animals.
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Race riots happen in Detroit , and other cities. 34 people die. In this picture they are making barricades.
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Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Great March to Freedom. It starts in Michigan.
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Gerald Ford was born in Grand Rapids in 1913. He attended Michigan University and was elected as a Rupublican to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1974 he became the 38th president!
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Jennifer M. Granholn becomes the first woman governor in Michigan.
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Mackinac Bridge celebrates the 50th anniversary of when it was first built in 1957.
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A pipe in the Kalamazoo River springs a leak, spilling 800,000 gallons of oil.
