Where were you during the 1967 Detroit Riot?

[Kathleen]

carlscomputers: here's what I posted on a similar DYes thread a few years back....

Posted on Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 5:55 am:
I was 10 years old that summer, living in the E. Warren-Outer Drive area.

What I remember most is at night when we could see the orange glow of fires west of us and hear random gunshots. Some of the East Side neighborhood of our parents' youth was being burned by looters. We knew the neighborhood well enough from all the Sunday drives through the streets of their youth so us kids could visualize what was happening where.

On Tuesday, July 25th, my younger brother's 6th birthday, Grandfather came over for dinner and afterwards we drove to Corrigan Park across the street from Engine 52[[?) at E. Warren and Manistique [[near Alter Rd.) to see the nearest staging area for National Guard tanks and fire trucks called in from the suburbs. Many police officers, firefighters, and soldiers were there...in full gear for whatever awaited them. Helicopters buzzed the sky around us. It was an awesome sight to a 10-year-old!

Every night that the riots wore on was a disappointment for us older kids as the curfew imposed on us cancelled our nightly bike ride with our mom [[who worked during the day). It was a summer evening ritual that we enjoyed and remember fondly.

At some point after the riots were over, we resumed our Sunday drives and, of course, did see the devastation on the East Side, mostly along Kercheval.

If you want to read more posts in those Hall of Fame threads...
http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/...tml?1233694687
and
http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/...tml?1235953895

[carlscomputers]

If you want to read more posts in those Hall of Fame threads...
http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/...tml?1233694687
and
http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/...tml?1235953895[/quote]

Thanks Kathleen

[reddog289]

You know for something that happened 43 yrs ago.To alot of the folks here, It could have been last week or so.I am kinda glad I did miss it all, And hope I never see anything like it in my lifetime.