Historical Speaker Series – January 5, 2025
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Historical Speaker Series
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Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United States
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Historical Speaker Series – The Lost Villages of Macomb County
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesNot a member yet? Click hereSign up for monthly email newsletter to be the first to know about upcoming PPG events. Purchase tickets for the January 19th event
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Historical Speaker Series – Tetanus in WWI and the Horses Who Saved Lives
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesNot a member yet? Click hereSign up for monthly email newsletter to be the first to know about upcoming PPG events. Purchase tickets for the February 2nd event
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Historical Speaker Series – The Mill Builder and Inventor from Macomb County
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesNot a member yet? Click hereSign up for monthly email newsletter to be the first to know about upcoming PPG events. Purchase tickets for the March 2nd event COMING SOON
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Historical Speaker Series – Electric Vehicles – Why-Why Not?
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesNot a member yet? Click hereSign up for monthly email newsletter to be the first to know about upcoming PPG events. Purchase tickets for the February 16th event
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Historical Speaker Series – Albert Kahn and Packard; Getting the Packards on the Road
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesNot a member yet? Click hereSign up for monthly email newsletter to be the first to know about upcoming PPG events. Purchase tickets for the March 16th event
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Historical Speaker Series – The Evolution of Base Ball and the Detroit Tigers: Part Deux: The Growth of the Game
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesPurchase tickets for the April 6th event Scott “Chooch” Westgate Chooch has been an active ballplayer playing every fielding position for the Rochester Grangers vintage base ball club since 2002. He is also a long-time season ticket holder of the current Detroit Tigers baseball club. Chooch has also served on the Vintage Base Ball […]
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Historical Speaker Series – The History of the Packard Proving Grounds
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesPurchase tickets for the April 27th event
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Historical Speaker Series – Emblems that Moved Us
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesTodd Carlson is a Michigan-based automotive historian who focuses primarily on enameled auto emblems and automobilia from the early 1900’s through 1930’s.
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Historical Speaker Series – Rough Seas: The Edmund Fitzgerald
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United States“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is not just a song written by Gordon Lightfoot.
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Historical Speaker Series – Henry B. Joy and the Selfridge Connection
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesMuch is known about the mastermind behind the Packard Motor Car Company, Henry Bourne Joy, but during his tenure as president of the company...
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Historical Speaker Series – How The Packard Proving Grounds Was Saved
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI, United StatesHear the story of how John MacArthur and his committee negotiated for 2 1/2 years to successfully reach an agreement to save the historic Packard Proving Grounds.
