Kathy Gray, regent of the Monguagon Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, presented Mary-Johna Wein with the Excellence in Historic Preservation Award on Sept. 7.
The recognition honors individuals and groups that have saved and/or preserved their local history, including the restoration of buildings, collections, significant objects, monuments, cemeteries, and other important artifacts.
Wein’s passion for history started in 2010, her senior year of high school. The City of Wyandotte was going to tear down a beautiful Victorian home, the Antoine Labadie house. She didn’t want that to happen and that is where it began. It hasn’t stopped. Currently she is President of the Wyandotte Historical Society, director of Friends of the Oakwood Cemetery, and an author. When she locates the grave of an unmarked soldier, she applies for a military headstone to mark the gravesite.
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