Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (May 24, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-05-24T08:45:00-04:00 2017-05-24T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (May 25, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 25, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-05-25T08:45:00-04:00 2017-05-25T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (May 26, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 26, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-05-26T08:45:00-04:00 2017-05-26T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (May 30, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576045@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-05-30T08:45:00-04:00 2017-05-30T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (May 31, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576046@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-05-31T08:45:00-04:00 2017-05-31T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 1, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 1, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-01T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-01T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 2, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576048@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 2, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-02T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-02T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 5, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 5, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-05T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-05T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 6, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-06T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-06T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Author Talk: Chris Whipple: The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency (June 6, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/40949 40949-8861346@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Join us as acclaimed writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Chris Whipple presents an essential portrait of “the second-most-powerful job in government,” the White House Chief of Staff. Based on unprecedented candid conversations with all 17 living chiefs and two former presidents, The Gatekeepers offers a fascinating perspective on the men who guard the door to the Oval Office.

The White House chiefs of staff, often referred to as “gatekeepers,” wield tremendous power in Washington, D.C and beyond; they decide who is allowed to see the president, negotiate with the Congress to push the president’s agenda, and enjoy unparalleled access to the leader of the free world. Each chief can make or break an administration, and each president reveals himself by the chief he picks. In his newly-released book, Whipple also reviews the high and low points of the past eight administrations, from Nixon to Obama.

Chris Whipple is a multiple Peabody and Emmy Award-winning producer at CBS’s 60 Minutes and ABC’s Primetime. He is also the chief executive officer of CCWHIP Productions. Most recently, he was the executive producer and writer of Showtime’s The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs.

Free Admission. Free Parking. Book sales/signing and reception follow program.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 May 2017 16:17:24 -0400 2017-06-06T19:00:00-04:00 2017-06-06T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Chris Whipple
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 7, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-07T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-07T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 8, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576054@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 8, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-08T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-08T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 9, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 9, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-09T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-09T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 12, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 12, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-12T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-12T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 13, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-13T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-13T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 14, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-14T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-14T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 15, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 15, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-15T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-15T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 16, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 16, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-16T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-16T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 19, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 19, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-19T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-19T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 20, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-20T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-20T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 21, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-21T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-21T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 22, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 22, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-22T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-22T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 23, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 23, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-23T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-23T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 26, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 26, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-26T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-26T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 27, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-27T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-27T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 28, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-28T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-28T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 29, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-29T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-29T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 30, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 30, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-06-30T08:45:00-04:00 2017-06-30T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 3, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 3, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-03T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-03T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 5, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-05T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-05T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 6, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 6, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-06T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-06T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 7, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 7, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-07T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-07T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 10, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 10, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-10T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-10T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 11, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-11T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-11T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 12, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-12T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-12T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 13, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 13, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-13T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-13T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 14, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 14, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-14T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-14T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 17, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 17, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-17T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-17T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 18, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-18T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-18T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 19, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-19T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-19T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 20, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-20T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-20T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 21, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 21, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-21T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-21T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 24, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 24, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-24T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-24T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 25, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-25T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-25T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 26, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-26T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-26T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 27, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 27, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-27T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-27T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 28, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 28, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-28T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-28T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (July 31, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 31, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-07-31T08:45:00-04:00 2017-07-31T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 1, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-01T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-01T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 2, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-02T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-02T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 3, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 3, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-03T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-03T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 4, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 4, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-04T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-04T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 7, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 7, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-07T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-07T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 8, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-08T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-08T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 9, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-09T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-09T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 10, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 10, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-10T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-10T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 11, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 11, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-11T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-11T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 14, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576121@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 14, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-14T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-14T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 15, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-15T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-15T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 16, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-16T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-16T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 17, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 17, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-17T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-17T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 18, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 18, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-18T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-18T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 21, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 21, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-21T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-21T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 22, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576129@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-22T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-22T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 23, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576130@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-23T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-23T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 24, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576131@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 24, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-24T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-24T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 25, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 25, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-25T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-25T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (August 28, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40477 40477-8576135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 28, 2017 8:45am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The new Ford Presidential Library lobby exhibit, curated by University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, illustrates through interpretive panels, historical documents and photographs, the cultural 200-year history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814–2014). The tale that emerges demonstrates the power of music and poetry to spark the social imagination and thus create a sense of shared community.

Inspired by the successful defense of Baltimore, Maryland from British attack in September 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key penned his now famous lyric. Rather than extraordinary, Key’s creative impulse was typical of early America’s broadside ballad tradition in which new words were written to fit well known tunes. The result, however, was far from everyday—Key could not have predicted that his song would survive the moment, yet become his nation’s singular anthem.

Follow the “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the moments leading up to September 14, 1814 through the present day and explore the social history of our national song.
March 2017 to September 2017

Monday - Friday. 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Closed all Federal holidays.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:03:07 -0400 2017-08-28T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-28T16:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Exhibition Banner Moments Exhibit
BME Bicentennial Celebration (September 14, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/40503 40503-8584448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Thursday, September 14, 2017 | Ford Library
- Imaging Presentation: (History, Future, Panel Discussion) 1:00 - 2:45 PM
- Neural Engineering Presentation: (History, Future, Panel Discussion) 3:00 - 5:00 PM
- Keynote: Matt O'Donnell, 5:15 PM

Friday, September 15, 2017 | Kahn Auditorium
- Regenerative Medicine Presentation: (History, Future, Panel Discussion) 12:45-2:15 PM
-Precision Health Presentation: (Nanotechnology, Computational Biology, Panel Discussion) 2:30-4:15 PM
- Keynote: David Mooney, 4:30 PM

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:13:28 -0400 2017-09-14T13:00:00-04:00 2017-09-14T14:45:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Biomedical Engineering Conference / Symposium BME Always Innovating, Forever Valiant
BME Bicentennial Celebration (September 14, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/40503 40503-8584449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Thursday, September 14, 2017 | Ford Library
- Imaging Presentation: (History, Future, Panel Discussion) 1:00 - 2:45 PM
- Neural Engineering Presentation: (History, Future, Panel Discussion) 3:00 - 5:00 PM
- Keynote: Matt O'Donnell, 5:15 PM

Friday, September 15, 2017 | Kahn Auditorium
- Regenerative Medicine Presentation: (History, Future, Panel Discussion) 12:45-2:15 PM
-Precision Health Presentation: (Nanotechnology, Computational Biology, Panel Discussion) 2:30-4:15 PM
- Keynote: David Mooney, 4:30 PM

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:13:28 -0400 2017-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2017-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Biomedical Engineering Conference / Symposium BME Always Innovating, Forever Valiant
BME Bicentennial Celebration (September 14, 2017 5:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/40503 40503-8584450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:15pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Thursday, September 14, 2017 | Ford Library
- Imaging Presentation: (History, Future, Panel Discussion) 1:00 - 2:45 PM
- Neural Engineering Presentation: (History, Future, Panel Discussion) 3:00 - 5:00 PM
- Keynote: Matt O'Donnell, 5:15 PM

Friday, September 15, 2017 | Kahn Auditorium
- Regenerative Medicine Presentation: (History, Future, Panel Discussion) 12:45-2:15 PM
-Precision Health Presentation: (Nanotechnology, Computational Biology, Panel Discussion) 2:30-4:15 PM
- Keynote: David Mooney, 4:30 PM

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:13:28 -0400 2017-09-14T17:15:00-04:00 2017-09-14T18:15:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Biomedical Engineering Conference / Symposium BME Always Innovating, Forever Valiant
The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas (September 19, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42828 42828-9661770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

James Beard award–winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington. Miller brings together the names and words of more than 150 black men and women who played remarkable roles in unforgettable events in the nation’s history. Miller will share stories about how these professional cooks were celebrated culinary artists, First Family confidantes, and civil rights advocates.

Surveying the labor of enslaved people during the antebellum period and the gradual opening of employment after Emancipation, Miller highlights how food-related work slowly became professionalized and the important part African Americans played in that process. His chronicle of the daily table in the White House proclaims a fascinating new American story.

Adrian Miller is a writer, attorney, culinary historian, and certified barbecue judge. He served as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton as the Deputy Director of the President’s Initiative for One America, a senior policy analyst for Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Jr., and a Southern Foodways Alliance board member.

Adrian’s book, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time won the 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference and Scholarship.

Free Admission. Free Parking. Book sales/signing and reception follow program.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:08:26 -0400 2017-09-19T19:00:00-04:00 2017-09-19T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Adrrian Miller
From Earth to Space and Back Again: NASA’S Human Spaceflight Program: A Political Perspective (October 11, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45144 45144-10095896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Dr. Tony England, former NASA astronaut with the Apollo 13 and Apollo 16 Missions, and Spacelab2, will highlight the beginning of the U.S. Space Program, discuss the drivers, evolution, and future of NASA’s programs, including the current growing privatization of space exploration and human missions to Mars. England will also share personal stories from the Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs.

Dr. England will explain that NASA, beginning with the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, was created to promote U.S. leadership in air and space. Addressing this mission has required managing tensions between investments in technology versus space operations, between military and civilian interests, between robotic and human missions, between space science and the health of aerospace industries, and between perceptions of achievement and actual achievement. Because these tensions are resolved politically, NASA program stability is often at risk with changes in political leadership.

Tony England was the NASA astronaut who wrote the procedure to build the CO2 scrubber that enabled the astronauts to return safely to Earth. For their extraordinary work, England and the rest of the team received the President’s Medal of Freedom.

He is currently the Dean and Professor at The University of Michigan’s-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Free Admission. Free Parking. Reception follows program.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:08:34 -0400 2017-10-11T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-11T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Tony England
Annual Blue-Green Seminar: Brent H. Shanks (October 19, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44842 44842-9989216@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Brent H. Shanks is the Mike and Jean Steffenson Chair and the
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University


ABSTRACT

Much of the effort in converting biomass to biobased chemicals has been driven by the retrosynthesis of target molecules. An alternative approach is the synthesis of “bioprivileged molecules” that are biology-derived chemical species that can be readily converted to a diversity of chemical products including drop-in replacements and novel species, which can be used for next generation materials, specialty chemicals, nutraceuticals, antimicrobials, insecticides, herbicides, consumer goods, etc. The dual potentiality of a bioprivileged molecule is vital in creating value from biomass since innovative bioproducts represents a powerful driver for the development of biobased chemicals beyond just replacing fossil carbon with renewable carbon. The important role of these molecules has been demonstrated as key intermediates in the integration of biology and chemistry by our NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC). Several examples of bioprivileged molecules being developed by CBiRC will be discussed.

This is the Annual Blue/Green Seminar, a joint lecture series inaugurated in Winter 1982 between the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan and the Department of Chemical and Material Science Department at Michigan State University.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:09:42 -0400 2017-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 2017-10-19T18:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Gerald Ford Library
State of College Address (October 27, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43123 43123-9728886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 11:00am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

After a year into his term, hear Alec D. Gallimore, the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, share recent news and updates from the College.

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Other Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:49:50 -0400 2017-10-27T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-27T11:30:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Michigan Engineering Other portrait of Alec Gallimore
Ultimate Insiders: White House Photographers and How They Shape History (November 1, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45617 45617-10240174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The Ford Library welcomes White House Correspondent Ken Walsh, who will talk about presidential photographers—those who shape fundamental impressions and public images of the presidents through the art of photography.

Walsh’s new book, Ultimate Insiders shows how official White House photographers have morphed into visual historians, building pictoral chronicles of the presidency, and gives an insider’s view of this unique group of people virtually unknown to the public. Walsh will reveal how White House photographers can make or break a presidential administration as well as define an era.

Ken Walsh is one of the longest-serving White House correspondents in history and has traveled to more than 70 countries as part of his job. He joined U.S. News in 1984 as a congressional correspondent and has covered the presidency, presidential campaigns and national politics for over three decades.

Free Admission. Free Parking. Book sales, book signing and reception follow program.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Oct 2017 08:24:19 -0400 2017-11-01T19:00:00-04:00 2017-11-01T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Ultimate Insiders
MICROELECTRONICS, MEMS, AND MICROSYSTEMS: A Sixty-Year Fantastic Voyage (November 9, 2017 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45615 45615-10240172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 3:30pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ken Wise is responsible for numerous technologies and devices used around the world and now enabling the “Internet of Things” (IoT). These include pressure, flow, and uncooled-infrared sensors; integrated interface circuits; and implantable microsystems for cardiovascular, intraocular, and neural disorders. He was one of the early leaders establishing the field of integrated sensors, now known as MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). Under NIH funding from 1981 until 2007, he led development of the “Michigan Probes” for exploring the central nervous system at the cellular level, providing over 7500 microprobes to the neuroscience community and pioneering work on neural interfaces. Between 1984 and 1998 he led the SRC Program in Automated Semiconductor Manufacturing, an SRC Center of Excellence, and from 2000 until 2010 he directed the NSF Engineering Research Center for Wireless Integrated Microsystems, working on chromatography-based gas analysis systems and on implantable microsystems. Wise has advised 60 PhD students and is the author of nearly 150 journal articles, 350 archival conference papers, and 38 patents. A recipient of the SRC Aristotle Award, the Columbus Prize, the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Technical Field Award, and the University of Michigan Henry Russel Lectureship, he is a Fellow of the AIMBE, a Life Fellow of IEEE, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

This talk is given as part of the ECE Bicentennial + Beyond Lecture Series. This series of talks features world-renowned faculty with a long history at Michigan. These distinguished faculty will talk about their research, their careers, and the future of technology in their areas.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:42:44 -0400 2017-11-09T15:30:00-05:00 2017-11-09T16:30:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion Ken Wise
Arthur Vandenberg: The Man in the Middle of the American Century (November 15, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45663 45663-10251403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Dessert reception to follow.
This event will be live webstreamed. Please check the event page right before the event for viewing information.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

About the book:
The idea that a Senator—Republican or Democrat—would put the greater good of the country ahead of party seems nearly impossible to imagine in our current climate of gridlock and divisiveness. But this hasn’t always been the case. Arthur H. Vandenberg (1884–1951), Republican from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the model of a consensus builder, and the coalitions he spearheaded continue to form the foundation of American foreign and domestic policy today. Edward R. Murrow called him “the central pivot of the entire era,” yet, despite his significance, Vandenberg has never received the full public attention he is due—until now. With this authoritative biography, Hendrik Meijer reveals how Vandenberg built and nurtured the bipartisan consensus that created the American Century.

For more information, visit http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo25248451.html

About the author:
Hendrik Meijer worked as a reporter and editor before joining Meijer, Inc., where he is executive chairman. He is the author of a biography of his grandfather, Thrifty Years: The Life of Hendrik Meijer, and the executive producer of the documentary America’s Senator: The Unexpected Odyssey of Arthur Vandenberg.

This event is co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, and the Bentley Historical Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:16:32 -0400 2017-11-15T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T21:00:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Book Cover
The Alan J. Hunt Memorial Lecture: Christopher S. Chen, M.D., Ph.D. (November 17, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46184 46184-10409865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

In vivo, local tissue structure defines the cellular environment, constraining how cells interact with surrounding extracellular matrix substrates, neighboring cells, soluble growth factors, and physical forces. These “microenvironmental” cues in turn play a central role in regulating the behavior of individual resident cells, such as proliferation, differentiation, migration, and suicide. Here, I will present 3D culture platforms that are able to recapitulate more complex functions of biological tissues, and how we are using them to gain deeper insights into disease and physiology.

Refreshments in the lobby following the lecture.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:09:16 -0500 2017-11-17T14:00:00-05:00 2017-11-17T15:00:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Hunt Lecture
Stephen Forrest: ECE Bicentennial + Beyond Lecture Series (November 30, 2017 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45616 45616-10240173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:30pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Steve Forrest is an internationally-renowned researcher, educator, and entrepreneur. His research focuses on photovoltaic cells, organic light emitting diodes, and lasers & optics.
As an alumnus from Michigan with his MSc and PhD degrees in Physics, he joined the faculty at USC in 1985, and in 1992, he became the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, where he served as Department Chair from 1997-2001. In 2006, he rejoined the University of Michigan as Vice President for Research.

He has received the IEEE/LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award, the IPO National Distinguished Inventor Award, the Thomas Alva Edison Award, the MRS Medal, the IEEE/LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award, the Jan Rajchman Prize, the IEEE Daniel Nobel Award, and the IEEE Jun-Ichi Nishizawa Medal. Forrest is a Fellow of the APS, IEEE and OSA and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Inventors.

Forrest has authored ~580 papers in refereed journals and has 307 patents. He is co-founder or founding participant in several companies, including Sensors Unlimited, Epitaxx, Inc., NanoFlex Power Corp. (OTC: OPVS), Universal Display Corp. (NASDAQ: OLED) and Apogee Photonics, Inc., and is on the Board of Directors of Applied Materials. He is past Chairman of the Board of the University Musical Society, and past Chairman of the Board of Ann Arbor SPARK. Forrest serves as Lead Editor of Physical Review Applied.
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This talk is given as part of the ECE Bicentennial + Beyond Lecture Series. This series of talks features world-renowned faculty with a long history at Michigan. These distinguished faculty will talk about their research, their careers, and the future of technology in their areas.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Nov 2017 11:48:53 -0400 2017-11-30T15:30:00-05:00 2017-11-30T16:30:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion Stephen Forrest
The New Cold War (December 5, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46574 46574-10555739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

CBS News team, and the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Award Prize winners for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense, David Martin and Mary Walsh, will discuss the complexities of covering critical issues of present-day national defense. While the war against terrorist organizations continues with no end in sight, a stream of new threats is emerging in space, in cyber space, and even in social media.

And now the one threat we thought was behind us – the unthinkable specter of nuclear weapons – is reemerging, both in North Korea and in Russia. The New Cold War is a lot more difficult to cover than the old one.

Free Admission. Free Parking. Reception follows program.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:05:24 -0500 2017-12-05T19:00:00-05:00 2017-12-05T21:00:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion David Martin and Mary Walsh
Ringed by Fire: the Siege of Khe Sanh (January 31, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48492 48492-11243782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Join us to hear Richard Camp (Col. Ret.) recount his experience while serving in Vietnam during the 1968 TET Offensive.

“The '68 TET offensive began with a barrage of artillery fire on the afternoon of 21 January. At that moment, the far-off "pop" of incoming rounds sent me racing to a trench a few feet from my above ground bunker. Within minutes a stretcher party loped past carrying one of my Marines, who had been struck by a piece of shrapnel. For the next three months my days were spent dodging artillery, mortar and rocket rounds, while preparing for an expected North Vietnamese assault.”

Dick Camp, an active military historian, is a retired Marine colonel, having served as an officer for 26 years. He is the former director of operations for the National Museum of the Marine Corps, former deputy director and director (acting) of the Marine Corps History Division, and a prolific author of 14 books, all of which are military-oriented.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:22:30 -0500 2018-01-31T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-31T21:00:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Richard Camp
Author Talk: Peter Baker: Obama: The Call of History (February 13, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48906 48906-11328384@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Join us to hear New York Times Chief White House Correspondent, Peter Baker, discuss his new book, Obama: The Call of History. Baker’s book is a vivid and in-depth illustrated account of Barack Obama’s eight years in office. With this authoritative history, Peter Baker takes the measure of Obama’s achievements and disappointments in office and brings into focus the real legacy of the man.

Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley comments “With his unique gifts as a diligent journalist and a first-rate historian, Peter Baker has given us a compelling look at a consequential presidency – an eight-year reign that will be studied forever. And here is where we will start that conversation: with Baker’s graceful and insightful account of Barack Obama’s victories, defeats, and evolving legacy.”

Free Admission. Free Parking. Book sales/signing and reception follow program.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Jan 2018 08:19:38 -0500 2018-02-13T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-13T21:00:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Peter Baker
Author Talk: Garrett Graff: Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government’s Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die (March 14, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49807 49807-11540903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Garrett Graff, magazine journalist, author and historian, describes an eye-opening true story of the government’s secret plans to survive and rebuild after a catastrophic attack on U.S. soil - - a narrative that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today.

In his engrossing new book, Raven Rock, Graff brings readers through the back channels of government to understand exactly what is at stake if our nation is attacked, and how we’re prepared to respond if it is.

For sixty years, the U.S. government has been developing secret Doomsday plans to protect itself, and the multibillion-dollar Continuity of Government (COG) program takes numerous forms—from its plans to evacuate the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to how it will secure our most precious documents from the National Archives.

In Raven Rock, Garrett Graff sheds light on the inner workings of the 650-acre compound (called Raven Rock) just miles from Camp David, as well as dozens of other bunkers the government built for its top leaders during the Cold War.

Free Admission. Free Parking. Book sales/signing and reception follow program.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:02:43 -0500 2018-03-14T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Garrett Graff
Economics and the Presidency: Talk by Brian Becker, Economist and Historian (March 28, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50720 50720-11859071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

All presidents have struggled with key economic issues that defined their times, and often impacted their success. Over time, presidents have had to navigate larger and more complex economies with ever-increasing federal budgets. George Washington oversaw a $7 million budget in 1794. The 2017 budget is more than 500,000 times that level at nearly 4 trillion dollars.

Economist and historian, Brian Becker, explores factors contributing to dramatic economic increases, including growing population, improved citizens’ output, and inflation as he reviews past presidents’ responses to these significant pressing economic issues in American history.

Becker also explains the “misery index” (the sum of the inflation rate and the unemployment rate), and praises President Ford for presiding over the most dramatic decline ever seen at that time in the misery index

Free Admission. Free Parking. Reception follows program.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:17:52 -0500 2018-03-28T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-28T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Brian Becker
Peachman Lecture: Intact Stability of Ships (April 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51493 51493-12123941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

The Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
at Michigan Engineering invites you to attend

THE CAPTAIN RALPH R. AND FLORENCE PEACHMAN LECTURE

presented by Jørgen Juncher Jensen, Professor Emeritus, DTU Mechanical Engineering

Intact Stability of Ships
A new Intact Stability Code, the so-called Second Generation of Intact Stability Criteria, is currently under development and validation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The criteria are separated into five failure modes, each of which is analyzed by two vulnerability levels and, if needed, a direct numerical simulation. Preliminary calculations are carried out by many organizations and significant inconsistencies have been found between the two vulnerability levels especially for dead ship conditions and parametric roll, e.g. Schrøter et al. (2017) where 17 ships are analyzed using the full matrix of operational draughts, trims and GM values.

Jørgen Juncher Jensen received his PhD in solid mechanics from the Technical University (DTU) of Denmark 1975. In 1974 he joined the Department of Ocean Engineering at DTU as assistant professor and later, in 1998, as Professor in Maritime Hydrodynamics. He became also Adjunct Professor at NTNU in 2014. His research interests are mainly wave loads on ships and offshore structures with focus on statistical methods for non-linear systems. He received the Dr. Techn. degree for this work in 1995. His main focus today is on wave-induced responses of ships and much of the research is done within the theory of conditional stochastic processes. He has been involved in several EU sponsored projects as well as national projects and IMO work on probabilistic damage stability of ships.

Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 at 4pm
Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Auditorium

*Reception immediately following

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:29:40 -0400 2018-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
“The Hardest Unpaid Job in the World” (April 26, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51798 51798-12251585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 26, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

“The Hardest Unpaid Job in the World”

That is how author Jill Abraham Hummer, in her new book, First Ladies and American Women, describes how Pat Nixon once summed up her role as First Lady on an official trip to Africa. One of Nixon’s grueling days included a nine-hour sleepless flight and 12 hours of events for her to attend.

Dr. Hummer’s book examines the demanding role of an American First Lady. The hours are endless, there are no guidelines, no salaries...yet somehow the women occupying the White House have risen to the task and all have left their individual fingerprints on history.

From Lou Hoover to Lady Bird Johnson to Nancy Reagan and Michelle Obama... and now Melania Trump, all live with the harsh scrutiny of their personal lives. And all are measured by their impact on history.

First Ladies are unelected...but have tremendous behind-the-scenes access and clout. After all, they have the President’s ear. They are all different, but these wives, mothers, intellectuals...feminists and fashionistas...dwell in the most elite circle of American political life. And in their own unique way, each First Lady partly defines what it means to be a woman in America.

Hummer will provide an intimate glimpse of these unique women in a discussion of her new book First Ladies and American Women: In Politics and at Home. Dr. Hummer, an associate professor of political science at Wilson College, focuses her research on American first ladies and women and the presidency.

Please join us. Free admission. Free parking. Book sales/signing and reception following the program.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:42:41 -0400 2018-04-26T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-26T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion First Ladies and American Women
2018 Donald L. Katz Lectureship in Chemical Engineering (May 2, 2018 5:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51181 51181-12010136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 5:15pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Presented by Emily A. Carter, Princeton University
Lecture Title: "Mechanisms for Sustainable Fuel and Chemical Production from First Principles"

Abstract

Someday the world’s liquid fuels needed for ships and airplanes will come from sustainable sources and low-energy processing. We are far from that day. While that fact is unfortunate, it opens up exciting opportunities for researchers from many different fields to work together to realize that vision. I will report on some of my research group’s contributions toward this goal, as we develop and apply quantum mechanics-based simulation methods to unravel mechanisms associated with (photo) electrochemical water oxidation and carbon dioxide reduction at semiconductor electrodes and plasmon-catalyzed bond breaking over metal nanoparticles. The talk will focus primarily on CO2 photoelectroreduction to fuel precursors but will also outline the potential for plasmonic catalysis to replace, e.g., the energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process. This latter work illustrates the potential to develop a non-thermal, low-pressure, visible-light-based approach to ammonia synthesis and hence to sustainable fertilizer production.

Short Biography

Emily A. Carter is the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, as well as Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. Her research focuses on developing and applying accurate, efficient quantum mechanics methods that enable discovery and design of materials for sustainable energy. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 1982 (Phi Beta Kappa) and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Caltech in 1987. After a year as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado, Boulder, she spent 16 years at UCLA as a Professor of Chemistry and later also of Materials Science and Engineering. She moved to Princeton University in 2004, where she was the Founding Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment from 2010-2016. The author of over 360 publications, she has delivered over 500 invited and plenary lectures all over the world and serves on advisory boards spanning a wide range of disciplines. Her scholarly work has been recognized by awards from a variety of entities, including the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Italian Chemical Society, the German Chemical Society, and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. Professor Carter was elected in 2008 to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and in 2016 to the National Academy of Engineering. You can learn more about her at http:///carter.princeton.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:48:14 -0400 2018-05-02T17:15:00-04:00 2018-05-02T18:15:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Gerald Ford Library
International Conference for Advanced Neurotechnology (May 7, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51260 51260-12029936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 7, 2018 8:00am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

The annual International Conference for Advanced Neurotechnology (ICAN) brings together engineers and neuroscientists to review recent technological advancements in neurotechnology and neuroscience and to define the direction of the field in the generation and application of next-generation tools to advance neuroscience and enhance translation of technology to the science community.

Significant advances have occurred to address the problem of scaling neuroscience investigative tools to interface with neuronal circuits and in defining the properties of elemental cell types that comprise these circuits. Yet, these advances have not fully met the complexity, or fully addressed the cellular and network features of the CNS required to accelerate our understanding of the brain.

Program and Registration: http://eecs.umich.edu/ipan/ican2018.html

Co-chairs:
Euisik Yoon, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Gyorgy Buzsaki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine

Sponsors:
NSF International Program for the Advancement of Neurotechnology (IPAN), directed by Prof. Euisik Yoon
Integrated Neuromorphic Electronics and Microsystems (INEMS), directed by Prof. Wei Lu

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:59:58 -0400 2018-05-07T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-07T16:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference / Symposium ICAN logo and header
International Conference for Advanced Neurotechnology (May 8, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51260 51260-12029937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 8:30am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

The annual International Conference for Advanced Neurotechnology (ICAN) brings together engineers and neuroscientists to review recent technological advancements in neurotechnology and neuroscience and to define the direction of the field in the generation and application of next-generation tools to advance neuroscience and enhance translation of technology to the science community.

Significant advances have occurred to address the problem of scaling neuroscience investigative tools to interface with neuronal circuits and in defining the properties of elemental cell types that comprise these circuits. Yet, these advances have not fully met the complexity, or fully addressed the cellular and network features of the CNS required to accelerate our understanding of the brain.

Program and Registration: http://eecs.umich.edu/ipan/ican2018.html

Co-chairs:
Euisik Yoon, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Gyorgy Buzsaki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine

Sponsors:
NSF International Program for the Advancement of Neurotechnology (IPAN), directed by Prof. Euisik Yoon
Integrated Neuromorphic Electronics and Microsystems (INEMS), directed by Prof. Wei Lu

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:59:58 -0400 2018-05-08T08:30:00-04:00 2018-05-08T14:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference / Symposium ICAN logo and header
Author Talk – Scott Kaufman – “Luck and Love of Country” – A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford (May 16, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52005 52005-12349049@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

“Luck and Love of Country”

Please join us as historian Scott Kaufman traces Gerald R. Ford’s rise to power, from his boyhood in Grand Rapids to the Oval Office, in his new book “Ambition, Pragmatism and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford.”

Long before Ford became our nation’s commander-in-chief, his political ideology and the roots of his ambition and leadership were being forged in Depression-era Michigan. Ford’s stepfather stressed the importance of hard work and individual achievement. It got results as Ford rose to Eagle Scout, athlete, naval officer in World War II, prosecutor, politician, Minority Leader in Congress…and finally President.

Kaufman’s book also provides a glimpse into the unprecedented series of events that catapulted Ford into our nation’s highest office following President Nixon’s resignation in 1974. Ford is our nation’s only unelected president.

Kaufman credits Ford with a combination of luck, loyalty to party and leadership. Coupled with his driving ambition, it spurred this man from Michigan to rise to a remarkable place in American history.

Kaufman is Chair of the Department of History at Francis Marion University in Florence, S.C.


Free Admission. Free Parking. Book sales/signing and reception follow program.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:03:09 -0400 2018-05-16T19:00:00-04:00 2018-05-16T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Scott Kaufman