Bio:
BMN contributor, Erica Marie LaPres Emelander, currently resides in Grand Rapids West Michigan. She is a teacher, as well as an author of historic fiction under the pen name Marie LaPres. Visit her website to learn more about her books and follow her on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
Posts
Walking through 300 years of history at The Henry Ford
July is the month that we, as a nation, celebrate our birthday and our history....
The most unbelievable true story of Pontiac’s Rebellion
Every Memorial Day Weekend, a group of individuals dressed as American Indians from the upper...
Michigan: first in and first out of Prohibition
The month of May marks the anniversary of Michigan Prohibition, which began on May 1,...
Bless you boys: a history of the Detroit Tigers
April. It is officially spring, and there is much going on in the world of...
Michigan woman earns medal for Civil War valor
There are many accounts throughout history of women who dress as men and go off...
Abraham Lincoln’s visit to Kalamazoo
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...
Remembering Michigan native and national hero Roger Chaffee
January 27, 1967 started just like any other day for most Americans. There was much...
The ‘Frostbitten Convention’ that secured our beloved Upper Peninsula
This time of year often brings some heated college football rivalries, and none more nationally-known...
How a Michigan man became a WWII veteran of two countries
With this being the month of November, I thought it appropriate to write an article...
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