This tour will explore questions such as: How did the Diag change from pasture to the tree-covered expanse it is today? Before the President’s House was the President’s House, what was it? What do the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Badawademi have to do with the founding of the University? Why is a plaque commemorating the admission...

This walking tour meets at the Detroit Observatory and concludes on the Diag. This tour was also adapted from a public history course at U-M. The first teach-in. Lawsuits. Nazi resistance. U-M has long been home to campus activism, and this walking tour will allow you to see historically significant locations on campus where you...