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Michigan military unit known as "Polar Bears" remembered on Memorial Day
TROY, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A group of Michigan soldiers known as "Polar Bears" were honored and remembered during a special Memorial Day service in Troy. "Memorial Day weekend is all about remembering our fallen heroes," said David Krall, Vice President of White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery in Troy. The Polar Bears were a military unit of roughly 5,000 troops from the 85th Division, 339th Infantry, and most called Michigan home. The Polar Bears were the American Expeditionary Force in North Russia and served as part of the Allied intervention during the Russian Civil War. The group fought against the Bolshevik forces from September 1918...
Baldwin House senior apartment tower in Birmingham ends daily meals, special bus in cuts
Decades ago, she imagined having a senior apartment tower near Birmingham City Hall. She fought for it as the embattled mayor. These days, she's embattled again, trying to keep the quality of life she envisioned for that senior tower, where now she lives. But for how much longer? Dorothy Conrad, with a worried glance, deflects the question. ...
Metro Detroit braces for Sunday evening storms ahead of Memorial Day on Monday
Keep an eye on the weather before setting up outdoor Memorial Day parties Sunday, as experts warn of approaching evening thunderstorms. Though Sunday started out warm and dry, conditions are set to change into the evening. A line of scattered showers and thunderstorms will pass through southeast Michigan between 6-10 p.m. Sunday, with a 70% chance of precipitation, according to the National Weather Service.
This Michigan City Was First in the World to Get Phone Numbers
The city of Detroit had many firsts, but this one changed the world fast. The history of the telephone is surprisingly complicated. We know for sure that Alexander Graham Bell got the first U.S. patent for the telephone IN 1876. However, it appears that the first phone was actually created by Italian inventor Antonio Meucci in 1849.
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