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Front page of the April 21, 1865 issue of the Weekly Michigan Argus with article about Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, October 1966 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Front page of the April 21, 1865 issue of the Weekly Michigan Argus with article about Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, October 1966 image
Year:
1966
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 14, 1966
Caption:
On A Long-Ago Friday: On another Friday more than a century ago -- April 21, 1865 -- Ann Arbor's Weekly Michigan Argus, a forerunner of The News, displayed little emotion, typographically, with its account of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Note the headlines are hardly larger than the body type and the news itself is 12 days old and copied from a publication which had app[eared six days before. Communications were less advanced in the days of this Front Page From The Past but our grandfather has told us the news details were as welcome then as we hope they are today. The reproduction is carried as part of our observance of National Newspaper Week which runs through tomorrow.

Civil War monument without plaque, April 1962 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Civil War monument without plaque, April 1962 image
Year:
1962
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 23, 1962
Caption:
Gone from this monument on Broadway near the Huron River is a plaque that honored Ann Arbor residents who fought in the Civil War. The marker is one of the city's oldest.

Alonzo P. White, Chelsea's last Civil War veteran, Grand Army of the Republic reunion, April 1937 Photographer: Attributed to Eck Stanger

Alonzo P. White, Chelsea's last Civil War veteran, Grand Army of the Republic reunion, April 1937 image
Year:
1937
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 15, 1937
Caption:
CHELSEA'S ONLY SURVIVING CIVIL WAR VETERAN: Alonzo P. White, 94, although nearing the century mark, still finds enjoyment in reading, listening to the radio and walking about the grounds of his home in Sylvan township.

The old Thompson Building in Ypsilanti's Depot Town, May 1974 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

The old Thompson Building in Ypsilanti's Depot Town, May 1974 image
Year:
1974
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 21, 1974
Caption:
The Thompson Building housed troops during the Civil War