Flint celebrates the 150th anniversary of its incorporation as a city in 2005 and the dedication of three new historical markers.
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The Flint Masonic Temple
Many of Flint’s most prominent citizens have been Masons...
Dating from medieval times Freemasonry is likely the world’s oldest fraternity...
Frederick Douglas IV

Frederick Douglas IV and Kathryn Williams prepare to unveil...

Michigan Historical Commission presents the marker to the people of Genesee County
“Resistance to slavery” marker on the grounds of the Genesee County Courthouse

 ” “During the mid-nineteenth century a small number of African Americans settled in Genesee County...
 “Robert J. Cromwell escaped enslavement in the south in 1840...

Stockton House on Ann Arbor Street...
Samuel Logan of the Michigan Historical Commission presented the marker...
...on the grounds of the Stockton House.
A Civil War reenactment group offers a 21 gun salute...
Stockton House
A view of the Stockton House on the day of the dedication.

More information on Flint's sesquicentennial birthday in 2005.

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