Monthly Archives: July 2015

100 Years Ago This Week: July 3-10

July 2, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, July 6, 1915: Yesterday afternoon beneath brilliant blue skies, a crowd of thousands seated on the hillside — “a natural grandstand” — of Ellenberger Park witnessed the “Indiana Pageant” given by local Irvington talent. The bugle sounded the opening episode, “Nature’s Gifts to Indiana.” Miss … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: July 3-10

July 2, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, July 9, 1915: Major J.J. Dickinson of Washington, DC, field secretary of the Navy League of the United States, is in Indianapolis to establish a state branch of the league to educate the citizenry on the need for a more adequate national defense and a … Read More

Strife in the Fast Lane

July 2, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

My passenger was uneasy, flicking nervous glances at me as I navigated the early-morning traffic on I-465. His wife was my sitter and I had just dropped off my two children at their house. We were coworkers at L. S. Ayres, so he commuted with me, and I hated to … Read More

The Seasons of Our Growing Up, Part 2

July 2, 2015 | by Rose Mary Clarke

The tastes of childhood: bread and butter with sugar on it . . . homemade lemonade . . . Mother’s strawberry pie. . . watermelon which could be had only in summer . . . The sounds of Summer: The strawberry man singing out “Strawberries, Straw BERRIES” as he came … Read More

The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave

July 2, 2015 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

For more than two hundred years the American flag has served as the symbol of our nation’s strength and an inspiration to millions. The beauty of the flag has been regaled in poetry and song. It is displayed on more homes and professional buildings than any other flag in the … Read More