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November 8, 2010

 

Honey Creek School, Unionville

Legislating Education, and Paying For It

Although mandated by Indiana's constitution, state-funded elementary education remained largely theoretical in Indiana for most of the nineteenth century.

September 20, 2010

 

Constitution Elm, circa 1910

A Tree Grew in Corydon

Legend has it that Indiana’s constitution was debated and ultimately drafted underneath a massive elm, whose trunk was five feet in diameter.

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