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Archive for February 2006

February 6, 2006

 

Thomas Hart Benton – Indiana Murals

Thomas Hart Benton’s Indiana Murals provide a primer in Indiana History. They’re in three separate locations on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington.

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February 13, 2006

 

Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan had a resurgence in the early twentieth century. But the Grand Dragon's 1925 conviction ended the Klan's reign.

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February 20, 2006

 

Little Orphant Annie

James Whitcomb Riley's four-stanza poem "Little Orphant Annie" became the basis of a comic strip, a musical, a film, and even a doll.

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February 27, 2006

 

Will Geer

Actor Will Geer, "Grandpa" from "The Waltons" fame, recited poetry as a boy at the knee of James Whitcomb Riley, and went later to the University of Chicago.

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