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Archive for April 2005

April 4, 2005

 

Pop Quiz

What are the Indiana state bird, tree, and flower. The answers are …

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April 4, 2005

 

Indiana State Flag

In 1916, the Daughter’s of the American Revolution sponsored a competition to design a state banner. Paul Hadley of Mooresville, Indiana created the winning design.

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April 11, 2005

 

Mound Builders

During the Dark Ages, a Native American culture, known today as the Mississippian Moundbuilders, thrived in what is now the Angel Mounds State Historic Site in Evansville.

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April 18, 2005

 

Gus Grissom

Virgil “Gus” Grissom from Mitchell, Indiana graduated from Purdue University, joined the Air Force, and went on to become one of the nation’s seven original Mercury astronauts.

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April 25, 2005

 

T.C. Steele

Theodore Clement “T.C.” Steele is part of the “Hoosier Group of impressionist painters” that transformed art in Indiana by promoting the idea of painting “out in the open.”

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