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Museums in three Michigan cities will display some of the United States’ foundational documents from the late 1700s and early 1800s as the country celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding.

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  • On this day in 1901: Kalamazoo saloon owners agreed to stop offering extravagant free lunches, limiting them to cheese and crackers. On this day in 1865: Luther and LaFayette Baker from Lansing, Michigan, found John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in a barn after President Lincoln's assassination. Herold surrendered, but Booth did not. Luther Baker's account is in the Michigan Archives.
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