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Pam Taylor Memorial Day. Decoration Day. Memory Day. Whatever you call it, it’s one of my very favorite holidays and a very busy time in Lenawee County. It’s a time to remember. My dad was a member of the Blissfield Volunteer Fire Department and the American Legion Post 325 — Robert Meachen. Memorial Day was a busy day for him; he’d drive a fire truck in Blissfield’s parade, then work at the Legion-sponsored chicken barbecue that followed. Quintessential Americana, and variations happen all over this nation, in rural areas, small towns and big cities. Later on, my parents and I wat...

By Bob Wessel A trip from Petersburg to Blissfield is measured in minutes today. This was not the case when George Giles made the trip in 1826.  Giles was obliged to cut a 13-mile-long road through the wilderness and wetlands along the River Raisin to reach his new home in Blissfield.  Anyone looking across the lower eastern part of Lenawee County — over the land between the River Raisin and the Ohio state line — would never know that this flat picturesque area did not start out as the rich and productive farmland we see today. This land was once an untamed swamp, home to a wide range o...