Monthly Archives: August 2023

Indiana Historical Society Provides Heritage Grants

August 10, 2023 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Through its Heritage Support Grants program, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) awarded more than $500,000 in the first half of 2023 to 19 local historical societies and organizations representing 14 Indiana counties. The IHS’s Heritage Support Grants program supports local, county and regional historical societies, museums and sites. … Read More

Kitschy and Collectible — The 1950s TV Lamp

August 10, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared in March 2013. With the war years behind her and the hope of good times to come, America headed into the 1950s. A new spirit of optimism and a zeal for material comforts prevailed. The average household income was $2,992, gas was 27 cents a gallon, … Read More

100 Years Ago: Aug. 11-17

August 10, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, August 14, 1923: At a meeting last night, delegates of the Central Labor Union overwhelming elected the American Federation of Labor slate, an exclusively anti-Ku Klux Klan ticket, whose handbills bore the motto “Keep Religious and Race Prejudice Out of the Labor Movement.” John Smith, … Read More

The Death of Private Robert Gay, Part 1

August 10, 2023 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in April 2013. Camp Morton — a name familiar to every Indianapolis Civil War buff and historian. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, allow me to enlighten you. Camp Morton began life as an Indianapolis Civil War training camp for soldiers preparing to march off … Read More

The Story of The Tops

August 10, 2023 | by CJ Woods III

No: This is not about Levi, Duke, Obie, and Lawrence, the “Four Tops” of R&B fame. This is about the two toilet tops. My youngest granddaughter, five years old, climbs from the toilet seat, rearranges her clothing, and looks at me: “Put the top down?” I nod, and she does, … Read More