Historic marker to honor Detroit’s Chaldean Town
Historic marker to honor Detroit’s Chaldean Town, longtime heart of the community
Detroit will soon give a permanent nod to one of its long-hidden cultural engines. A new Michigan Historical Marker to be placed along Seven Mile Road will formally identify the strip as Chaldean Town, recognizing the neighborhood that, for much of the 20th century, served as the cultural and economic heart of Detroit’s Chaldean community.
The marker — sponsored through a grant program of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation and slated for installation by the Michigan History Center in 2026 — is intended both as…
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