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08/24/2010 Stewart McMillin’s Tours & Events for 2010 & 2011 www.McMillinTours.com (313) 922-1990 August 28th - Prohibition Tour of Canada, Including Windsor Casino Tour leaves from Westland. Call (734) 765-5281, (734) 266-1750, or (313) 922-1990 for more information! Cost is $60.00 - Tour will be from 9:30am to 8:30pm See Page 4 for details. September 23rd - Eastern Market and Dequindre Cut Tour Point of Departure: Rocky Peanut Company Cost is $15.00 - Tour will be from 9:30am - 4:30pm See Page 6 for details. October 16th - Detroit Pub & Breweries Tour Meeting at the Jefferson Ave. Presbyterian Church Cost is $20.00 - Tour will be from 1:00pm - 7:30pm See Page 6 for details. October 22nd thru 25th - Underground Railroad Tour to Ohio & KY Highlights in Ohio: Wilberforce, Springboro, Cincinnati Freedom Center, Ripley (John Parker), Oberlin, etc. Highlights in Kentucky: Covington, Maysville, Washington, Augusta, Dover, etc... See Page 7 for details. R n November 11th - Arab-Islam Tour November 20th & 30th - Hootch, Hoodlums, Detroit, Hamtramck, Dearborn and Hoods Tour Tour on the 20th will be Leaving from Stewart’s house and the tour on 9:30am - 5:30pm Cost is $55 the 30th will be leaving from the Jefferson Ave. Presbyterian Church Details on Page 8. 9:30am - 5:00pm Cost is $50 Details on Page 9. Postponements Departure Location Notes: Detroit Church Tour Jefferson Ave. Presbyterian Church in Indian Village Details on Page 3. 8625 Jefferson, Indian Village, Detroit, 48214 (313) 822-3456 - http://www.japc.org Canadian Underground Railroad Tour Located at the corner of Burns & Jefferson Details on Page 5. Carpooling to this location is encouraged. African-American History and Culture Tour of Detroit This tour has been scheduled to run again in 2011, please see pages 2 and 10 for details. For details of the above and other 2010 and 2011 tours, please contact Stewart McMillin - History Buff, News Junkie, Detroit Tour Guide, Stewart McMillin via phone @ (313) 922-1990 World Traveler, Wayne State University Instructor e-mail [email protected] or visit www.McMillinTours.com 2136 Seminole Street, Detroit, Michigan - 48214 Please provide payment for tours in the form of cash, money order, as well as personal, business, or cashiers check. I plan to offer PayPal Visit Project Contact Africa @ http://www.ProjectContactAfrica.com/ See attached pages for more details on above tours and programs. This tour was a great success! ank you to all who participated! 2 This tour has been scheduled to run again in November of 2011, please let others, who you think would enjoy it, know about it. Current details regarding its next run can be found on page 10. african-american history & culture tour of detroit This tour will be on an air-conditioned coach bus! *Hastings Street *The Blackburns This tour will be on an air-conditioned coach bus! 3 Detroit ChurchPOSTPONED Tour APRIL 21ST, 2011 our will leave from Stewart’s home in Indian Village (2136 Seminole, Detroit). We will visit at least 4 churches and go by approximately 20 other churches. A mosque and synagogue are also included. Lunch will be on your own at a wide choice of restaurants in the Greektown area. Metropolitan Meth- Todist on Woodward, Cass Community church in Midtown, Sweetest Heart of Mary, and First Congrega- tional Church may be among the churches we go inside. Register early as this may be a sell out! (313-922-1990) MORE DETAILS ON THE AUGUST 26th CHURCH TOUR My tours emphasize THEN & NOW (old and new). We will leave Indian Village and take Jef- ferson to Woodward. We may take a couple of small diversions as we travel - a brief look at the two oldest cemeteries in Detroit --- Mt. Elliott (#1) and Elmwood (#2) and a quick look at Black Bottom. At Woodward we will turn right and keep looking to the right as we go up Woodward. During the course of the day as we drive up Woodward we will get all the way to McNichols or Six Mile. It should be pointed that at one time there were 10 architecturally and historically signifi cant structures between Grand Circus Park and Six Mile Road. All but one are still standing and, of course, we will point them out as we travel and give relevant details. We hope to stop at Metropolitan Methodist – the largest Methodist Church in the country. Also, in 1943 Metropolitan was # 1 in membership in the USA --- 7,300! I once heard Norman Vincent Peale speak there (to a full house) on his book: How To Win Friends and Infl uence People. Sebastian Kresge donated land for the church and made major fi nancial contributions to the church. We will see his home in the Boston Edison district… the largest historic district in the USA! We also hope to visit the Cass Community Church where the fantastic Reverend Faith Fowler has a terrifi c outreach program. A beautiful Tiffany window is also part of his Romanesque Revival Building. We may also see possibly the most beautiful church in Detroit – Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Gothic Church. Interesting Polish history and gorgeous architecture make this a real gem. Another beautiful Romanesque church we may visit is the First Congregational Church at the corner of Forest & Woodward. At its original location it was active in the Underground Railroad – as it is today with terrifi c reenactments taking place over the last few years. As we go back down Woodward we will also look to the right and when we get to Jefferson we will take a drive by the Detroit River and see developments there. Canada Prohibition Tour August 28th, 2010 --- 9:30am - 8:30pm Cost: $60.00 BREAKING GOOD NEWS! At the Windsor Casino (Caesars) a $10.00 food coupon will be issued to all tour participants for use at specifi c restaurants for dinner. his tour leaves from Westland. We will cross the Ambassador Bridge and re- turn to the USA via the tunnel (both built during Prohibiti on, 1929 and 1930). We will turn right aft er the bridge and go thru Sandwich (part of Windsor today) on our way to LaSalle. The trip will be escorted by Stewart McMillin --- long ti me Detroit Tour Guide (over 40 years) and world traveler (all 50 states and 140 countries). He will point out signifi cant sites and incidents as we travel and, at appropriate ti mes, we will see a video on Prohibiti on. In LaSalle we may stop for an adult beverage (or pop) at the famous or infamous Sunnyside Tavern ----- a really hot spot for smuggling alcohol to the Ecorse-Wyandott e area. We then go back into Windsor and on to Walkerville (again, part of Windsor today). Lunch will be at the Victoria Tavern where we will be entertained and educated by Chris Edwards --- a long ti me Windsor Tour Guide, a terrifi c author, and all-around good guy. His power point presentati on will be, of course, on the topic of Prohibiti on. We then head for Abars Tavern (city of Riverside at one ti me but now part of Windsor) where we will enjoy adult beverages, chill out and listen to Marty Gervais’ presentati on on his most recent book about prohibiti on. This is located right on the Detroit River so you will see Belle Isle from the Canadian side. Following Abars Tavern, we will visit the Windsor Casino, “Caesars,” from about 5:00pm to 7:15pm – dinner will be on your own. It is an absolute must that all parti cipants have a valid passport on an enhanced driver’s license. Call the 734 numbers listed at the bott om of this page or Stewart for more details at (313) 922-1990. The tour will leave at 9:30am sharp from 1119 Newburgh Road in Westland (just south of Ford Road). Transportati on will be on an air-conditi oned coach. Sign up early for this one as it should be a sellout. You will not be disappointed – and only a litt le bit ti red --- but you only live once!!! (734) 765-5281 or (734) 266-1750 --- Lisa (313) 922-1990 --- Stewart 4 POSTPONEDCANADIAN UGRR TOUR 5 September 6th-7th, 2010 5th-6th, 2011 SINGLE Double Triple $205.00/ea $175.00/ea $165.00/ea Rev. Josiah Henson, 1796- “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” at the Dawn 1883, who’s memoirs inspired Settlement in Dresden Ontario Harriet Beecher Stowe’s which featured a school for the ad- “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” vancement of fugitive slaves. 1) We will leave promptly at 9:00am from the Detroit Federation of Teachers’ office building at 2875 West Grand BLVD (Where West Grand BLVD crosses the Lodge Freeway near Henry Ford Hospital). Sites we will see on the trip: 2) UGRR marker in Windsor after going thru the tunnel. 3) About 11:30am we will arrive at the fantastic North Buxton Annual Reunion. You can pack your own lunch or buy it in North Buxton. About 12:30pm we will see the parade and then visit the museum. 4) Visit Uncle Tom’s Cabin (3:45pm – 5:15pm) 5) Visit Chatham: We will see the church where John Brown and Frederick Douglas met in 1859. We will also learn about the incredible Mary Ann Shadd Cary and Gwen Robinson in the his- toric and romantic city of Chatham on the Thames River. 6) Dinner will be at a choice of restaurants in Chatham and then we check into a Travel Lodge. All rooms have WIFI, a microwave and a fridge.
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