Greenfield Village edition!
The Village is actually still closed for the season, but someone from the search & rescue team I volunteer for knows someone and we were allowed in to do K9 training last weekend.
Greenfield Village is one of those places where you can go to see what life in the US was like hundreds of years ago. Historical buildings have been moved there.
In particular, Thomas Edison's laboratory is here, as well as several other buildings from Menlo Park, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop and the house that Henry Ford grew up in - just to name a very few!
Martha-Mary Chapel
named after Henry & Clara Ford's mothers.
Thomas Edison
Scotch Settlement School
Henry Ford attended school here in 1871
We are easy to see!
And for fun - want to see where Henry & Clara Ford are buried?
This used to be St Martha's Episcopal Church, but the sign out front says Triumph Church, Central Campus. I'd love to see the inside of it, but I have a strong feeling that it's closed.
Ford Cemetery is located more or less in the front yard of the church.
(link takes you to the Find A Grave listing)
someone did a LOT of research because there's a lot of genealogy listed.
The tall obelisk belongs to Henry's parents, William & Mary and his sister Jane.
Henry and his wife Clara are under the black grate.
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