"Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus."
"We Hope for Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes."
Fr. Gabriel Richard wrote that after a tremendous fire in 1805 that destroyed most of Detroit.
Those words from the French-Canadian priest became the motto of city - a city whose history is filled with many different kinds of fires.
Michael Jackman spells out this history in his story for The Metro Times.
Listen to our conversation with Jackman below.
