This is a website celebrating both the history and the current lives of all the generations that originate from 304 South Washington Street in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Joseph A. Sweeney (1903-1967) deserves multiple website blogs for his most interesting - and much too short - life. This first one looks at his piano playing. There is no clear record of how his musicianship came to be. But by 1922 at the age of 19, he was playing in Saylor's Orchestra at a "Get on and Ride" concert at the Edmore, Michigan Coliseum. We have two photographs of early bands where he appears to be in his 20s.
Look at Our Home on Wikipedia ! A most surprising discovery was to see our “304 South Washington” home featured on Wikipedia. On Google, enter “The Sweeney House” and we are at the top of the list. There is a small but pleasant photograph and basic information about the house and history. Here are […]
Thomas Brandell: An Inside Look at High-End College Cheerleading Thanks to Thomas Brandell we get a look at what things are like in the top ranks of college cheerleading. Thomas is in his second year as part of the elite team of high-energy, acrobatic athletes at Michigan State University. Thomas reports that there are 40 […]
The Fall 2018 edition of Central Michigan University's Centralight covered 50 reasons that make CMU a great place.
From 1965, here's a photo of Elizabeth Pohler Sweeney, Joseph Michael Sweeney (1943) and actor Vincent Price at the 304 S. Washington dining table.
From July 6, 1987, here is a front page photo and two articles about Frank A Sweeney, 304 S. Washington, and the Sweeney family reunion.
On October 22, 1923, Joseph A Sweeney (1903-1967) wrote a letter home to his parents describing a most interesting previous day in Ann Arbor Michigan.
A 2009 Kalamazoo Gazette article about a former newspaper carrier Jane Sweeney Ghosh (1968 - ).
A remarkable find at a Kalamazoo flea market was this 1884 volume of Isabella County Portraits and Biographical Sketches. This is the entry for Francis A Sweeney (1851-19xx). The album used a wrong middle initial.
A story about Joseph M Sweeney (1943 - ) who traveled to Saginaw Michigan in 1960 to attend a John F. Kennedy campaign event.
