We lived on Prevost [[3 blocks west of Greenfield) one block N of Grand River. I was 6 going on 7, so I didn't understand the seriousness of the situation. I remember having to stay in the backyard at night for a few days. We weren't in the midst of the worst of it but there was some damage done by the Grand River/Greenfield shopping center. I remember hearing that there were National Guardsmen on the roofs of some of the buildings over there with guns. I remember seeing all the National Guard trucks going down GrandRiver. One day one of them stopped at St Marys of Redford church, 2 blocks from our house, and I talked to some of them - for a 6 year old kid that was pretty exciting. My parents didn't say much about it, I think they probably didn't want to scare us.
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