The Edmund Fitzgerald, November 10, 1975 (1975 Photo by Bob Campbell, Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum) We all know the story, and the song, and it's still an incredibly sad event that ...

50 years ago today. #OnThisDay #OTD #EdmundFitzgerald #LakeSuperior miscellaneousmusings-hve.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...

Feeding America West Michigan Volunteer Party ~ October 30, 2025 We had a blast this afternoon at Feeding America and hung out with our regular Wednesday volunteer crew, and Frank & Josslin 💗 We didn't ha...

We had a great time at the volunteer party @feedingamerica.org West Michigan today! See the links for pics & info, and #volunteer #donate & help feed the hungry in your corner of the world. #FeedingAmericaWestMichigan allthingsgr.blogspot.com/2025/10/feed...

RIP #JohnLodge of the #MoodyBlues. We were lucky to see them at #MeijerGardens back in 2014. allthingsgr.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-...

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada ~ September 26, 2025 Peggy's Cove is a small village on the eastern shore of St. Margaret's Bay in Nova Scotia. The village was established in 1811 and fishing w...

Visit #PeggysCove in #NovaScotia when you can. #NaturesBeauty #Lighthouse #Canada ♥️ ionnature.blogspot.com/2025/10/pegg...

Happy birthday to President #ChesterArthur, born October 5, 1829 (or 1830 as it says on his grave plaque). #OTD #History historicsitesvisited-presidential.blogspot.com/2025/06/ches...

Art Institute of Chicago - Caillebotte Painting His World Exhibition ~ September 3, 2025 It's a fantastic exhibition of his work, showing until October 5 so see it if you can. The exhibit is well laid out and if you move counter-...

See this fantastic #Caillebotte exhibition at the #ArtInstitute in #Chicago until October 5. These are some of my favorites: ionnature.blogspot.com/2025/09/art-...

Spirit of Solidarity ~ Happy Labor Day! This sculpture was dedicated in 2007 on the 96th anniversary of the 1911 furniture strike of Grand Rapids. Workers faced deplorable living c...

Happy #LaborDay! The Spirit of Solidarity commemorates the #FurnitureStrike of 1911 in #GrandRapids. See the link for photos & info. allthingsgr.blogspot.com/2025/09/spir...

RIP Neil Armstrong, who passed from this earth on August 25, 2012. His ashes were dropped into the Atlantic Ocean 💔 miscellaneousmusings-hve.blogspot.com/2024/12/neil...

Second Saturday with Neighbors Saturday, August 9, 2025A person should not have to hold certain religious beliefs, be sober or drug-free, or be mentally healthy in order to receive food, kindness, and shelter. And we can all choose...

Every second Saturday of the month we visit and share with our Heartside neighbors. See the link for more info. #Heartside #GrandRapids #GRMI #BeANeighbor www.grnforn.org www.grnforn.org/post/second-...

William Jefferson Clinton ~ August 19, 1946 - 42nd President, 1993-2001 Bill Clinton sites visited: Clinton's birth home in Hope, Arkansas. Two souvenir pins. In 2023, we traveled to Lit...

Happy birthday to Bill Clinton, born today in 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. #PresidentClinton #History #Arkansas historicsitesvisited-presidential.blogspot.com/2023/08/will...

RIP Jim Lovell. You were one of the best ♥️ We never met you but did meet your spacecraft. See the link for pics. #JimLovell #NASA #Apollo8 #Apollo11 miscellaneousmusings-hve.blogspot.com/2025/08/jame...

Neil Armstrong ~ August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012 Armstrong is arguably the most famous astronaut in the world but he started as a naval aviator and test pilot. He was chosen by NASA in the ...

Happy birthday to Neil Armstrong, born August 5, 1930. See the link for Armstrong sites and artifacts. #NeilArmstrong #Apollo11 #NASA #MoonWalker miscellaneousmusings-hve.blogspot.com/2024/12/neil...

President James Madison died June 28, 1836, and is buried on his Montpelier estate in Virginia: #OnThisDay #OTD #JamesMadison #History #President #Montpelier historicsitesvisited-presidential.blogspot.com/2024/06/jame...

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We just bombed Iran. Is JD Vance happy? #Iran #JDVance #trump

The Blues Brothers was released June 20, 1980 and some of the movie was filmed in Joliet, Illinois. "It's 106 miles to Chicago..." #BluesBrothers #Joliet #OldJolietPrison #Illinois ionnature.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-...

Medgar Evers was a World War II veteran and a civil rights activist. He was murdered at his home on June 12, 1963 by a white supremacist, who was finally jailed in 1994. #RIPMedgarEvers #CivilRights #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #History ionnature.blogspot.com/2025/05/arli...

George H.W. Bush ~ June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018 41st President, 1989 - 1993 George H.W. Bush sites visited: George Bush was born here at 173 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts. It's a p...

George H.W. Bush was born today in 1924. #OnThisDay #OTD #GeorgeHWBush #Birthday #History #President historicsitesvisited-presidential.blogspot.com/2024/06/geor...

Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher St, New York Fifty-four years ago this week, the Stonewall uprising took place (1969) and became a turning point in the fight for LGBTQ rights. On our 20...

Happy Pride Month! #StonewallInn ionnature.blogspot.com/2023/06/ston...

Meijer Gardens ~ June 6, 2025 It was a beautiful day for a walk and I wanted to see a couple of new things that were recently installed at the Gardens. The first one was ...

It was a grand day at @meijergardens so see the link for photos. #meijergardens #grandrapids #sculptures #art #garden #installations allthingsgr.blogspot.com/2025/06/meij...

Ronald Reagan died June 5, 2004, and is buried at his Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. See the link for other Reagan sites visited. #RonaldReagan #History #President #OnThisDay #OTD #SimiValley historicsitesvisited-presidential.blogspot.com/2021/09/rona...

President James Buchanan died June 1, 1868, and is buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. #JamesBuchanan #President #History #OnThisDay #OTD historicsitesvisited-presidential.blogspot.com/2020/12/jame...

Tulsa, Oklahoma On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa Massacre began and continued through June 1. The Greenwood District, "Black Wall Street," that held over 300 Blac...

On May 31 & June 1 in 1921, what was called a race riot but was really a massacre took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. #BlackWallStreet #TulsaMassacre #TulsaRiot #History #Tulsa #Oklahoma ionnature.blogspot.com/2025/06/tuls...

The Pickle Back, 14624 16th Avenue, Marne ~ March 25, 2025 We had a great night at The Pickle Back! The place is huge but other than a dozen people at the bar, the place was nearly empty (we were tol...

The Pickle Back is a great, local watering hole so stop in next time you're near Marne! #PickleBack #Marne #Michigan #LocalWateringHole localwateringholes.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

John Fitzgerald Kennedy ~ May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963 35th President, 1961-1963  JFK sites visited: JFK was born at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, MA, in 1917. We happened to eat here on a visit ...

Happy birthday to #JFK, born May 29, 1917. See the link for #Kennedy sites visited: #President #History #ArlingtonNationalCemetery historicsitesvisited-presidential.blogspot.com/2024/11/john...

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Virginia ~ 2015 & 2024 The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier contains the remains of a World War I veteran. Nearby are the bodies of a veteran from World War II and one ...

On this Memorial Day here are photos from our two visits to Arlington National Cemetery so see the link for photos. Let's always remember those who gave their lives in service to our country #MemorialDay #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #TomboftheUnknownSoldier ionnature.blogspot.com/2025/05/arli...

George Floyd Square ~ Minneapolis, Minnesota George P, Floyd (October 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020), an African American, was murdered by white police officer, Derek Chauvin, on this site on...

Today is the five year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd: #OnThisDay #OTD #GeorgeFloyd ionnature.blogspot.com/2025/05/geor...

Oklahoma City National Memorial, 620 N. Harvey Avenue Thirty years ago, on April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh parked his rental truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown O...

April 19 was the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and we stopped to see the Memorial earlier this year so see the link for photos & info. #OklahomaCity #Bombing #TimothyMcVeigh ionnature.blogspot.com/2025/05/okla...

The U.S./Mexico Border Wall - 2025 We viewed the wall from three different cities on the border in 2025 with varying degrees of luck. In El Paso, Texas, we couldn't get very n...

Ever wonder what the US/Mexico border wall looks like? It's big but it's not beautiful. See the link for photos. #ElPaso #Nogales #Naco #Mexico #Border #Wall #BorderWall ionnature.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

The Bath School Massacre ~ May 18, 1927 On a trip to Lansing we drove a few miles northwest to Bath Township to visit the site of the worst school massacre in American history, alb...

On May 18, 1927, the worst school massacre in U.S. history took place. We visited Bath & some of the cemeteries where the children are buried. #Bath #Michigan #SchoolMassacre #AndrewKehoe #History miscellaneousmusings-hve.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-...