Monthly Archives: November 2017

Holiday Concert “The Holly and the Ivy” at Indiana Landmarks

November 30, 2017 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Landmarks’ annual December organ concert features traditional and contemporary holiday music starring the restored 1892 Grand Hall organ, joined by piano, horns, handbells, and professional singers. The performers invite the audience to sing along on favorite carols under the soaring dome of the Grand Hall, where colored … Read More

President Harrison House Offers Holiday Fun

November 30, 2017 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The year is 1888, Pres. Harrison, the First Family and some of the household staff will be home for the holidays. They will share Christmas traditions, chatter about their upcoming move to D.C., and Pres. Harrison may bring up his idea to put a tree in the White … Read More

Vintage Christmas Cards

November 30, 2017 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

We e-mail, Tweet, Facebook, Instagram and, of course, we text. But, when was the last time you a sat down and wrote to someone? It’s not that we don’t have the opportunity. Most everyone has family out of town or a friend in a hospital or a nursing home who … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec. 1-7

November 30, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, December 1: Consolidation of city, township and county governments in Indianapolis and Marion County is the recommendation of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research in its continuing survey of Indianapolis city government. One proposed plan, as a step toward greater efficiency and economy in … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Dec. 1-7

November 30, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, December 2: The liberal purchase of Red Cross Christmas Seals was encouraged by Dr. George Thomas Palmer, president of the Illinois Tuberculosis Association, in an appeal for help made at the Chamber of Commerce Saturday Lunch to solve the problem presented by tuberculous soldiers who … Read More