Monthly Archives: May 2013

100 Years Ago This Week: may 17-24

May 16, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, May 22, 1913:  More than 30,000 citizens lined the streets of downtown this afternoon to see 2,400 members of the Indiana Department of the Grand Army of the Republic (G. A. R.) pass in parade. With bands playing and flags waving the five divisions wound … Read More

Explorations: A Great Man and a Nobody

May 16, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right . . . “ — Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s A Team of Rivals about Lincoln and his cabinet and found parallels between him and my … Read More

Applause: May 17-24

May 16, 2013 | by Weekly View

• Irvington Prep Academy students recently participated in weeding and cleaning up Irving Circle, which is right around the corner from their school. Irvington movers and shakers, including Sue Beecher and Dawn Briggs, organized the afternoon with the school and the kids. A big round of applause for the school … Read More

Grace Note

May 16, 2013 | by CJ Woods III

I was listening to someone being interviewed on a program on NPR (yes: I am that “I-heard-it-on-NPR” person) when the interviewee played and identified a grace note. I heard it at night while driving my car, and though I was laboring to change a section of my life, it brightened … Read More

1963: The Green “Funny” Car That Changed Everything

May 16, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

While it didn’t seem so at the time, 1963 was the most revolutionary year in the history of American automobile racing. Two cars entered by Team Lotus of Great Britain and powered by engines produced by the Ford Motor Corporation were entered and made such an impression that the traditional … Read More