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DTSTAMP:20260223T141911
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T164500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial
DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026.
UID:145837-21897933@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford,American Bicentennial
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260331T153740
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T164500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Midwest's Genesis: A Rare Look at the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
DESCRIPTION:A special display at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library will feature the Northwest Ordinance of 1787\, on loan from the NARA\, and on display in Michigan for the first time. Drafted by the Confederation Congress at the same time as the Constitution\, the Ordinance outlined a framework for government in the northwest territory\, defined the rights guaranteed in that territory\, and created a process for admitting new states to the United States. The display offers a rare opportunity to view a document that helped shape the ideals and values of the young nation.
UID:147304-21900690@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147304
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Northwest Ordinance,michigan history,American History
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260306T113219
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Northwest Ordinance with Gleaves Whitney
DESCRIPTION:An A250 presentation that accompanies the Northwest Ordinance exhibit at the Ford Presidential Library from April 1-30.  Gerald Ford Jr. grew up in a region of the nation heavily shaped by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Ford Presidential Foundation Executive Director Gleaves Whitney will unpack the significance of this jewel among America’s forgotten founding documents and discuss its impact on the civic and political culture in which our 38th President worked.  Lecture will be followed by a free reception.
UID:146253-21898725@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146253
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:President Gerald Ford,United States History,Northwest Ordinance,American History
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260331T153740
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T164500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Midwest's Genesis: A Rare Look at the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
DESCRIPTION:A special display at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library will feature the Northwest Ordinance of 1787\, on loan from the NARA\, and on display in Michigan for the first time. Drafted by the Confederation Congress at the same time as the Constitution\, the Ordinance outlined a framework for government in the northwest territory\, defined the rights guaranteed in that territory\, and created a process for admitting new states to the United States. The display offers a rare opportunity to view a document that helped shape the ideals and values of the young nation.
UID:147304-21900691@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147304
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Northwest Ordinance,michigan history,American History
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260223T141911
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T164500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial
DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026.
UID:145837-21897934@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford,American Bicentennial
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260223T141911
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T164500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial
DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026.
UID:145837-21897935@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford,American Bicentennial
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260331T153740
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T164500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Midwest's Genesis: A Rare Look at the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
DESCRIPTION:A special display at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library will feature the Northwest Ordinance of 1787\, on loan from the NARA\, and on display in Michigan for the first time. Drafted by the Confederation Congress at the same time as the Constitution\, the Ordinance outlined a framework for government in the northwest territory\, defined the rights guaranteed in that territory\, and created a process for admitting new states to the United States. The display offers a rare opportunity to view a document that helped shape the ideals and values of the young nation.
UID:147304-21900692@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147304
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Northwest Ordinance,michigan history,American History
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260223T141911
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260501T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260501T164500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial
DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026.
UID:145837-21897936@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford,American Bicentennial
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260427T141648
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T193000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:America at 250\, with Special Emphasis on the Proposition that All Men are Created Equal
DESCRIPTION:Two-hundred and fifty years ago\, America famously proclaimed that “all men are created equal.” That same year\, Pennsylvanians led by Benjamin Franklin declared that “all men are born equally free and independent.” This year\, Americans are once again discussing issues of creational equality and birth equality—this time in the context of a great debate over the meaning of birthright citizenship. How will the Supreme Court decide this issue? How should it decide? What would Lincoln have thought about the current debate? Yale Law School Professor Akhil Reed Amar will examine these and related questions through the lens of his recent book\,  Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution\, 1840–1920.
UID:147300-21900655@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147300
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Americas Constitution,booksigning,Author Talk,American History
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260416T124600
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260520T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260520T200000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Waltzing with the Queen
DESCRIPTION:Join panelists Dr. Tia Culley\, Dr. Robert M. Hendershot\, and Dr. Steve Marsh and moderator Joel Westphal for a behind-the-scenes discussion about turning their upcoming book\, *The Ford Administration and Anglo-American Relations: Re-valuing an Interim Presidency* into an original museum exhibit.
UID:147810-21901991@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147810
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:American History,Panel Discussion,Queen Elizabeth Ii
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260406T145845
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T193000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History
DESCRIPTION:Queen Elizabeth II met with President Ford at the White House – not to mention with four of his predecessors and eight of his successors. Indeed\, she met with more U.S. presidents than any other person in history. What did she do with that unprecedented access? Quite a bit\, journalist Susan Page discovered in her new book\, being published at the 100th anniversary of Elizabeth’s birth. Her Majesty was more than a stoic figure in a colorful hat\, waving from a balcony. She was a deft diplomat\, a shrewd judge of character and\, by the way\, a skilled mimic. She was also the most effective force maintaining Great Britain’s voice in the world even as its empire declined. A look at how she did that during her long reign\, and at her sunny encounter with Jerry and Betty Ford during the Bicentennial celebration.
UID:147457-21901066@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147457
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:American History,Author Talk,booksigning,History,Queen Elizabeth Ii
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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