Detroit with Aliyah

Aliyah and I went to Detroit to explore. It was unbelievably cold.

This was a fountain pouring water

Hard Rock Cafe. We had yummy warm desert after exploring.

This is in the Renaissance Center. They had huge round couches. I had to help Aliyah get up.

Aliyah taking her chances and jumping over the freezing water.

This monument is the International Memorial to the Underground Railroad. The Gateway to Freedom from 2001.

Until Emancipation, Detroit and the Detroit river served as the gateway to freedom for thousands of African Americans escaping enslavement. Detroit was one of the largest terminals of the Underground Railroad. The codename for Detroit's underground railroad was Midnight. At first, Michigan was a destination for freedom seekers, but Canada became a safer sanctuary after slavery was abolished there in 1834.

The Detroit Princess dinner cruise boat

With passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, many runaways left their homes in Detroit and crossed the river to Canada to remain free. Some returned after emancipation in 1863.

Hart Plaza

Monument to Joe Louis from 1986

Soldiers and Sailors Monument