Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among the original snowbirds: The rich going to Florida for the winters
Read full article: Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among the original snowbirds: The rich going to Florida for the wintersThomas Edison and Henry Ford are famous for their innovations in electricity generation and automobiles respectively, but they were also at the forefront of a massively popular trend in Florida: Rich people from up north spending the cold winter months in the Sunshine State.
Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history
Read full article: Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black historyAn Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been reconstructed in its entirety at a museum near Detroit.
On this day: The first tri-color traffic signal was installed in Detroit in 1920
Read full article: On this day: The first tri-color traffic signal was installed in Detroit in 1920On this day in 1920, the way people drove was changed forever when a Detroit traffic cop installed a four-way, tri-color traffic signal on Woodward Avenue in Detroit.
Head-and-neck restraints and soft walls top list of NASCAR's biggest safety improvements
Read full article: Head-and-neck restraints and soft walls top list of NASCAR's biggest safety improvementsTo mark NASCAR’s 75th season, The Associated Press interviewed 12 key contributors to the industry on multiple topics.