Historical Marker Dedication

  • Sunday, May 31, 2026

  • 12:00 - 12:30 pm

  • Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing

  • 5509 South Pennsylvania Avenue

  • Lansing, MI 48911

  • United States (map)

Reception at 11:30 AM in the Social Hall precedes dedication.

Dedication program begins at noon at the marker (about 20 minutes total)

Welcome – Jennifer Blum (UU Lansing Board of Trustees)

Opening Reflection – Rev. John-Marc Ormechea

“How This Marker Came to Be” – Ed Busch

Introduction of Dignitaries – Jennifer Blum

Dedication Address – Rev. John-Marc Ormechea

Unveiling of the Marker

Remarks & Reading of Marker Text– Delia Fernández-Jones (Michigan Historical Commission)

Benediction – Rev. John-Marc Ormechea