Mission throught the countrys roads and a map from washington, d. C. To San Francisco, a journey documented in a 25minute silent film which well be showing. But first, joining us is michael owen. The author of after ike on the trail of the centuryold journey that changed america. How did it change america . Michael this was the first time an official convoy had driven across the country and it attracted a lot of attention. All along the roots, thousands came out to cheer the convoy on, to look at the vehicles, talk to the men who were in the convoy, and it spurred a lot of interest in travel by motorized vehicles. Steve were going to watch the film. Did it get a lot of attention in the press . Michael it did get a lot of attention. They had a major sendoff at the white house. President wilson was in europe at the time, but secretary of war newton baker waved them off. There were speeches, the press was all there, and there was quite a scene at the white house. They went through the dis
Trail of the centuryold journey that changed america. Hugh did it change america . Along the route, thousands came out to cheer the convoy on, to look at the vehicles, talk to the men who remember in the caron voy and it spurred a lot of interest in travel by motorized vehicles. Were going to catch watch the film. Did it get a lot of attention in the press . It did. They happened a major sendoff at the white house. President wilson was in europe but secretary of war newton baker waved them off. There were speeches, the press was all there and there was quite a scene at the white house. Theres a district through maryland through frederic, maryland, where they spent the first night. Walk us through the genesis of this idea and why 08 vehicles as part of this convoy . You have to look at it in the context of the time. World war i had just concluded a few months earlier and the American Military leadership realized that in future warfare motorized vehicles would play a very important role.
Including lansing. Today, we will walk through our galleries. It is literally a walkthrough you come to the museum. It is at the end of the ice age. We talk about the first Indigenous Peoples lived here and go to the end of the 20th century. We are standing in our exhibit the first peoples. It talks about the Indigenous People who lived in michigan for thousands of years before the arrival of europeans. It is one we just recently renovated. The focal point is this gigantic mural that is painted. It shows the story of the anishinaabek people through four seasons. One of the things it tells is the advanced society they had before europeans arrived. They had very sophisticated social structures. It was just a little different than the western civilization. They chose to live off of the land and not try to control the land. They spent a lot of their time really working in harmony with the lands to meet all their basic needs. In this mural, things to point out is the structures. Misconcepti