Marine veteran walks 900 miles for veteran suicide awareness
Holland native and Marine veteran Travis Snyder undertakes a near 900 mile trek around Lake Michigan to honor veterans lost to suicide, partnering with Mission 22 and sharing daily updates from Manistee to Holland. He aims to finish October 6 with community gatherings at Dick's Sporting Goods in Holland and a final mile ending at the old Kmart in Manistee.
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Travis Snyder
Snyder
Holland
Mission 22
Lake Michigan
Dick's Sporting Goods
West Shore Drive
Manistee
Hope College projects lead three Michigan History Awards
The Historical Society of Michigan honors Hope College tied projects with Hope linked scholars. Nyenhuis edits the 150 year history Hope College at 150 for Books Private Printing. Reynolds penned Keep Em Fighting in Michigan History Magazine and Schock earns Media honors for A.J. Muste: Radical for Peace Finding True North. Awards celebrate efforts in history appreciation preservation and promotion during Ludington conference weekend.
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Historical Society of Michigan
Hope College
van Raalte Press
Jacob E. Nyenhuis
Hope
A.C. van Raalte Institute
Chris Craft
Geoffrey Reynolds
Michigan History Magazine
David Schock
A.J. Muste
Society
Michigan History
van Raalte Institute
Nyenhuis
Michael J. Douma
Georgetown University
McDonough School of Business
Alfredo M. Gonzales
The
Pearl Harbor
Normandy
Reynolds
Mary Riepma Ross
Joint Archives of Holland
Michigan
Boat Builders of
Holland, Michigan
Schock
Abraham Johannes Muste
Netherlands
Today in History Highlights From 1923 to 2000
Notable anniversaries include 1923 two boys Kendall brothers found on a Pere Marquette train in Michigan, 1542 Cabrillo reaches San Diego, 1781 Yorktown siege begins with French fleet, and 1787 Constitution sent to states. Other items cover Fleming’s penicillin 1928, 1960 Williams final homer, 1962 Meredith admission battle, Ali Norton title 1976, Marcos death 1989, Rabin Arafat 1995, and RU 486 approval 2000.
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
San Diego
Yorktown
Congress of the Confederation
United States
Mansfield
Pennsylvania
Mansfield State Normal
Wyoming Seminary
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
U.S. Army
Seattle
Alexander Fleming
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Fenway Park
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Muhammad Ali
Ken Norton
New York
Yankee Stadium
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Hawaii
Yitzhak Rabin
PLO
Yasser Arafat
White House
Israel
West Bank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arine
Mitten
Stephenson
Bila
Miles
Sentinel Staff
Ludington
John E. Jobson
James C. Kennedy
University College
University of Utrecht
the Netherlands
Thomas L. Renner
Robert P. Swierenga
Albertus C. van Raalte
Kent State University
Scott Travis
Dennis N. Voskuil
Marvin and
Jerene DeWitt
Western Theological Seminary
Steketee and
Zweeringa
Pere Marquette
Chicago
George Kendall
Sam Kendall
Hilary Duff
Brigitte Bardot
Moon Zappa
Naomi Watts
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!