Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Local branch of group representing the Tuskegee Airmen will help with 'Tomb of the Unknown Soldier' monument.
West Bloomfield Township officials are working to erect a monument in memory of those who defend, protect, and serve citizens every day. The local chapter of the nonprofit organization Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. presented plans to erect the monument during Monday night's board of trustees meeting. The "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" is a jet black, granite monument which will likely be situated somewhere at or around West Bloomfield Police Department headquarters, said Township Supervisor Michele Economou Ureste. According to the group, the monument will mention military service personnel, police, and firefighters who are either living or deceased. The Supervisor added that she will pursue fundraising to cover the cost of the monument, estimated …
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West Bloomfield Town Hall
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Monday, May 28, 2012
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In what organizers referred to as one of the largest Memorial Day parades they had been involved with, Greater West Bloomfield area residents marched from Orchard Lake to Keego Harbor to honor members of the American military on Monday. The parade had been in question in recent months over a disagreement between Sylvan Lake city officials and Keego Harbor officials regarding the level of parade involvement between the two governments. Mayor Rob Kalman said that the parade itself was never in doubt and after several hundred turned out along eastbound Orchard Lake Road — the parade route began at Abbott Middle School, ran northbound along Cass Lake Road and ended at Keego Harbor City Hall — it might be tough to disagree. "There’s a core …
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City Hall
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Gino's Pizzeria
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Abbott Middle School
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Twelve of the first African-American military aviators, all from Metro Detroit, recount their legacy at the Oakland County Board of Commissioners meeting in Pontiac on Wednesday.
Sixty-six years ago, William Fuller Jr. returned home to Detroit after serving three years in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot in the 302d Fighter Squadron. As part of the group of the first African-American aviators in the U.S. military, popularly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, he had had to deal with racial segregation and discrimination in training before eventually flying with distinction. Fuller was part of a group of 12 surviving Tuskegee Airmen living in Metro Detroit honored by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at its meeting Wednesday in Pontiac. Tuskegee Airmen refers to all the people who were involved in the so-called "Tuskegee Experiment," the Army Air Corps program that began in 1941 to train African Americans to fly and …
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Oakland County Courthouse
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Chrissie
5:09 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
So sorry we missed this. It was right by our house! more ›