Anyway, we parked in the parking lot, now carrying my video camera, and phone. I had two pairs of pants on, like the following day (yesterday when I was too hot I took off my jeans and put it in my jacket, making a little bag. good invention.) I also had two shirts on, and a little hoody.
In the morning, we played with Jonathan a little, under their awning, despite the pouring rain. After that, the rain stopped, only to come again.
I was particularly glad we did Greenfield Village yesterday, when the sun was shining brightly. Today we would be tackling the Henry Ford Museum, not just containing automobiles and cars, but industrial ingenuity and our country's heritage. It wasn't all about H.F., it was also about round houses and winer cars, famous furniture and Montgomery buses. In the paragraphs to come, we would be talking about all of these things.
It was 12 when we came, so we were naturally hungry. Wet from that rain, we needed to eat.
Rebecca got something at the Wiener (Oscar Meyer) Mobile Cafe, which was close to an actual Wiener Mobile. It was funny to look at a car, with a hot dog in it. Very peculiar.
We (Mom, Dad and I) ate at the Michigan Cafe, and I had some meatloaf. We then saw farm tools such as plows and lawnmowers. I got in a big yellow corn picker upper, (I don't know the professional name) and tried all the controls. It didn't actually move, but it was fun to make believe.
We saw a dymaxium house, which is another name for round. It was silver, supported by silver beams in the infrastructure. There was a small bed, and some shelves behind having pictures and books. The lady explained that there was a stripped room there just to show what it was underneath. There was a small kitchen, a bathroom, and living room, that looked modern, with sofa's and T.V.
I actually thought it would be a cool house to have, with all the no wasted house.
The lady explained that they tried to mass produce them, but no one actually liked them. The one we were seeing now, was the only one in existence. Funny to think about.
We saw Abraham Lincoln's chair, Mark Twain's portrait, and some other things, such as Egor Allen Poe's desk.
Then, we entered an exhibit called: Liberty for All, about slavery, civil rights, woman rights, and the Revolutionary war. We entered the bus Rosa Parks rode on and saw a pencil M.L.K. wrote with. It was those kind of things that made you go, "Wow!"
We saw an exhibit about planes, and saw parts about the Wright Bro's and Charles Lindburgh. There was one part about three men who tried to fly from the north pole to the south pole. Also, there was a thing where you sat in the stands of a fair, with manikins there too, and you would watch a movie about flying airplanes with people strapped on to the wings by their feet. There isn't any money I will take to do that. Not any.
We saw a big train, which you were allowed to walk through, and peek through. Although the automobile exhibit was in renovation, we did get to see the quad H.F. built, and a few other classy cars, such as the cougar, and mustang. It was nice.
The most fun exhibit was a walk through the 20th century. You got to see movie reels, listen on the radio to hear fake coverage of aliens attacking people, (the infamous play by Orson Welles that everybody thought was real in the 1950's) and re-live the drills of ducking for cover under your desk if a bomb from the soviets came to us. That would never work.
I saw what would look like a 70's and 80's teenager's room, with all the rebellion and breaking away. (and the totally's and whatever's, and like's, and rad's)
We saw the inventions and history of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Well, that pretty much sums up the Henry Ford Museum.
It was a place showing our history, our inventions, our smartness. I liked the Henry Ford Museum, and I definitely will try to come back.
Alright students, remember to duck and cover, 'cause when the atom bomb comes, we'll all be safe under our desks. (yeah right.),
Andrew.
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