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Ah Nab Wen Park

Once the site of a Native American village, this 6.5-acre park began as a bicentennial project which involved extensive public design input. The name, "Ah-Nab-Awen," was proposed by the Elders of the Three Fires Council and means, "Resting Place." The Park exhibits numerous pieces of art and interpretive markers and is often viewed in the context of the later addition to the site, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. Ah-Nab-Awen Park hosts many large community-wide festivals including the July 4th fireworks and Celebration on the Grand.
Grand Rapids landmarks & cityscape

May 22nd 2007
Seeing as how the other Grand Rapids travelblog entries are mostly about traveling to other countries or non-travel stuff, I am taking the liberty to present some of downtown GR's classic cityscape pictures* I took back in 2001. One place I didn't include but should mention are the Fish Ladder, which is the very first hurdle the salmon and steelhead comes across in their journey upstream from ... read more
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American Flag Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more
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