https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4 en-us 2023-10-11 13:36:38 UTC 2023-10-18 00:23:01 UTC hello@padlet.com afletc15 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741846453 In 1798 the township of Hamtramck was established. French people from Quebec settled there.]]> 2023-10-11 13:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741846453 afletc15 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741853078 In 1901 Hamtramck was designated a village and mainly consisted of German farmers. In the early 1900s, they had a population of 500 people.]]> 2023-10-11 13:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741853078 afletc15 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741862833 Colonel Jean Francois Hamtramck took possession of Detroit after the British troops evacuated. The city was named after Jean Francois Hamtramck, the first American commander of Fort Shelby, a key fort in The War of 1812.

Source:]]> 2023-10-11 13:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741862833 afletc15 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741886895 Dodge Brothers Motor Company breaks ground for an automotive plant in Hamtramck.]]> 2023-10-11 14:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741886895 lkenne14_ https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741889043 Reincorporated as a city, mostly to stop Detroit's attempts at annexing Hamtramck.]]> 2023-10-11 14:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741889043 afletc15 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741889194 Dodge Brothers Automobile plant begins operations. The first vehicle made its debut on November 14th, 1914. 249 vehicles were built by the end of this year. ]]> 2023-10-11 14:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741889194 afletc15 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741900204 Between 1910 and 1920 the population grew from 3,589 to 46,615. This was the greatest community growth for that time period in the United States. Part of this is due to the Dodge Brothers automobile factory opening.]]> 2023-10-11 14:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741900204 lkenne14_ https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741908599 Said to have elected the first Muslim-Majority council in the country.]]> 2023-10-11 14:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741908599 afletc15 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741911158 Saint Florian's Parish is the first Catholic Church in Hamtramck.]]> 2023-10-11 14:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741911158 lkenne14_ https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741923327 The Hamtramck Municipal Hospital which was housed in a Georgian Revival building opened. The mayor of Hamtramck asked the Sisters of Saint Francis to operate the hospital.]]> 2023-10-11 14:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741923327 afletc15 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741928317 In 2013 Hamtramck reportedly became the first Muslim-majority city in the United States. ]]> 2023-10-11 14:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741928317 lkenne14_ https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741930334 The religious order began to lease the hospital for $1 per year. The hospital was then renamed the St. Francis Hospital.]]> 2023-10-11 14:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741930334 lkenne14_ https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741933198 The St. Francis Hospital closed and then became the new Hamtramck city hall.]]> 2023-10-11 14:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741933198 cperttul https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741933569 Dodge Main plant closes and is demolished.]]> 2023-10-11 14:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741933569 afletc15 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741940999 In November 2021, Hamtramck elected a completely Muslim-American city council and a Muslim mayor, becoming the first municipality in the United States to be governed entirely by Muslim Americans.

]]> 2023-10-11 14:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741940999 cperttul https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741941055 Six churches and the homes of 4,200 Poletown neighborhood residents are demolished to make way for the General Motor's Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant. GM plant opened in 1985. ]]> 2023-10-11 14:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741941055 cperttul https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741973610 Large influx of Polish Immigrants coming to work in the Dodge plant.]]> 2023-10-11 14:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2741973610 cperttul https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2748852253 United Auto Workers strike- Auto plant workers involved in the 1945 GM strike that involved 200,000 workers and impacted 96 GM plants ]]> 2023-10-16 13:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2748852253 cperttul https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2748893733 Hamtramck Little League team won the Little League World Series of Baseball. ]]> 2023-10-16 14:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2748893733 cperttul https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2748919261 Poletown Neighborhood Council v. City of Detroit- The Poletown Neightborhood Council enters a court case with the city of Detroit in attempt to preserve the neighborhood instead of its demolition to make way for the GM plant.]]> 2023-10-16 14:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2748919261 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749248483 Hamtramck's City Council unanimously elected to ban the pride flag, creating uproar.

-Naya]]> 2023-10-16 17:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749248483 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749255410 Hamtramck's Polish Art Center is opened.]]> 2023-10-16 17:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749255410 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749281440 Hamtramck's City Council votes to allow religious animal sacrifices.

-Naya]]> 2023-10-16 17:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749281440 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749301709 Hamtramck's City Council approves the "call to prayer," in which mosques will broadcast a call to prayer on speakerphones. This led to outrage amongst some non-Muslim residents of Hamtramck.

-Naya]]> 2023-10-16 17:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749301709 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749305591 Hamtramck's Disney Land is created, inspired by Disney Land as well as Ukrainian folk music.

-Naya]]> 2023-10-16 17:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749305591 https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749313173 The Al-Islah Mosque was opened, following the Sunni tradition and was founded by immigrants from Bangladesh, of which a large community exists in Hamtramck.

-Naya]]> 2023-10-16 17:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/afletc15/q1ga0ayw0y6exvj4/wish/2749313173