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Harriet Woods Hill: Grand Rapids Police Department's First African American Woman Officer
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VIRTUAL -- The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum along with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation celebrated Black History Month by learning about Michigan native Harriet Woods Hill. Ms. Woods Hill was the first African American woman police officer and the first woman detective in the Grand Rapids Police Department. James Hill shares highlights from his mothers long and momentous life and career.
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Harriet Woods Hill: Grand Rapids Police Department's First African American Woman Officer
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VIRTUAL -- The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum along with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation celebrated Black History Month by learning about Michigan native Harriet Woods Hill. Ms. Woods Hill was the first African American woman police officer and the first woman detective in the Grand Rapids Police Department. James Hill shares highlights from his mothers long and momentous life and career.
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Harriet Woods Hill: Grand Rapids Police Department's First African American Woman Officer
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VIRTUAL -- The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum along with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation celebrated Black History Month by learning about Michigan native Harriet Woods Hill. Ms. Woods Hill was the first African American woman police officer and the first woman detective in the Grand Rapids Police Department. James Hill shares highlights from his mothers long and momentous life and career.
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Extraordinary Circumstances
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Photographer David Hume Kennerly and special guest Susan Ford Bales discussed various photographs taken by Kennerly during his time as President Ford's personal White House Photographer. The talk was held in conjunction with the opening of the Museums newest exhibit, Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford.
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Extraordinary Circumstances
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Photographer David Hume Kennerly and special guest Susan Ford Bales discussed various photographs taken by Kennerly during his time as President Ford's personal White House Photographer. The talk was held in conjunction with the opening of the Museums newest exhibit, Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford.
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Extraordinary Circumstances
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Photographer David Hume Kennerly and special guest Susan Ford Bales discussed various photographs taken by Kennerly during his time as President Ford's personal White House Photographer. The talk was held in conjunction with the opening of the Museums newest exhibit, Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford.
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Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945, The Decision to Drop the Bomb
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Author and Naval historian James D. Hornfischer discussed the crescendo of U.S. operations in the Central Pacific, covering the air, land and sea operations that seized the Mariana Islands of Saipan, Tinian and Guam, the strategic air operations conducted from the Marianas that ended the war, and the reckoning of the occupation that foreshadowed 42 years of the Cold War.
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Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945, The Decision to Drop the Bomb
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Author and Naval historian James D. Hornfischer discussed the crescendo of U.S. operations in the Central Pacific, covering the air, land and sea operations that seized the Mariana Islands of Saipan, Tinian and Guam, the strategic air operations conducted from the Marianas that ended the war, and the reckoning of the occupation that foreshadowed 42 years of the Cold War.
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Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945, The Decision to Drop the Bomb
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Author and Naval historian James D. Hornfischer discussed the crescendo of U.S. operations in the Central Pacific, covering the air, land and sea operations that seized the Mariana Islands of Saipan, Tinian and Guam, the strategic air operations conducted from the Marianas that ended the war, and the reckoning of the occupation that foreshadowed 42 years of the Cold War.
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How to Get Rid of a President
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GRAND RAPIDS AND ANN ARBOR--Speaking about his book, How to Get Rid of a President: Historys Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives, David Priess presented a lively narrative describing all the ways throughout history from impeachment to death that presidents have either left office prematurely or just barely avoided doing so.