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Sunday, May 17, 2026

I'm back!

Bob and I took a short trip to Dearborn, Michigan to visit the Henry Ford Museum.  Last year we were there to see Greenfield Village with Alaina and Ruby, but didn't have time for the museum, so we decided we needed to go back for some museum time.



Dearborn is about 2 1/2 hours from our house, on the other side of the state. We saw this semi along the way and it was so cute!






We checked into our hotel and decided to walk the 3/4 mile to the restaurant to enjoy the city streets.  It's fun to see the different buildings.





We ate at Ford's Garage, a place we were at last year. It's all decorated with old cars and car things, and the burgers are fantastic!





Here we are the next morning, ready to take on the museum. This is like no other museum I've been to and is an all day adventure.





One of the first things we saw was a bunch of presidential cars. The top one was Franklin Roosevelts, bottom right was Theodore Roosevelts carriage and the bottom left was the car JFK was in when he was assasinated.





Thomas Edison was a good friend of Henry Ford, and signed his name in the cement when the museum was being built.






George Washingtons camp bed and camp box.






Rosa Parks bus








Benedict Arnold letter






We had lunch in an old diner that was moved into the museum from New Jersey.










This is a Stradivarius violin that was owned by Henry Ford. He could play it, but played it in the style of a fiddle.








This is the chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was assasinated.





This is Edgar Allen Poe's writing table.






One of many beautiful old cars.






A few items I remember that made me feel very old!   :)








Another classic!


These are just a few of so many interesting things that we saw. We greatly enjoyed our visit here.

 



4 comments:

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Dear Mari, welcome back. 🙏 Looks like you enjoyed a wonderful tour. I love the truck with the vow, it is very cute. You burger and fries look delicious. I absolutely love vintage cars.
Here in Montreal, we have the Orange Julep which is an iconic restaurant decades old. Very popular.
It is shaped like an orange and people bring their vintage cars once in a while, kind of like a show and tell.
I really like the Rosa Parks bus. She was an amazing woman.
I love the photo of you and Bob.
I love both violin and fiddle 🎻 music 🎶
Thank you so much for sharing your journey.

Joyful in His Presence said...

So glad you had the opportunity to go back and tour the museum. There are some pretty amazing pieces there! Thank you for sharing

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

I meant the cow, not vow. LOL

Dee said...

So relieved, so glad it was a happy break. You owe a cooking thursday tho. Love your recipes. Dee