Today on 10/21/13, I celebrate the one year anniversary of the launching of BORDER CROSSINGS: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance, the memoir by my late husband Charles Novacek. .It’s also the date Charles and I were married in 1996. I kept my promise, but am just getting started with sharing Charles’ story. . …
I’m leaving VERY EARLY tomorrow morning for downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan where I will be exhibiting BORDER CROSSINGS: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance at the 39th Annual Great Lakes History Conference on the GR campus of Grand Valley State University. I’m looking forward to meeting and introducing BC to an audience of teachers …
Fifty-three years ago, for the first time in history, the National Automobile Show was held in Detroit, Michigan from October 15-23, 1960. The place was the state-of-the-art Cobo Hall on the Detroit River. Incorporating 1.6 million sq. ft. of usable space (without the attached convention arena), Cobo Hall was proclaimed the world’s largest exhibition building. …
