March 10, 1874 Purdue University admits its first student.

March 14 is Pi Day! Pi Day was created to celebrate math and the concept of Pi. Pi is the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle. However, in Indiana, we like to celebrate Pi Day with a Sugar Cream Pie. Did you know Sugar Cream Pie is the unofficial Indiana state pie? The photo below is of a Wick’s Sugar Cream pie. Wick’s Pies have been in business in Winchester Indiana since 1944. Today they make 10,000 pies and over 30,000 pie shells during every 8-hour shift.

March 14, 1913 The Indiana legislature adopted the official state song, “On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away,” written by Paul Dresser from Terre Haute.

March 14, 1854 Thomas Riley Marshall, 28th Vice President of the United States, and 27th Governor of Indiana, born in North Manchester.

March 15, 1921 Madelyn Pugh, television writer (I Love Lucy), born in Indianapolis.

Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken of the dome in the Indiana Statehouse.

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Indiana Statehouse Tour Office

Indiana Department of Administration

Guided Tours of the Indiana Statehouse are offered Monday through Saturday.  For more information, contact us.

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Indiana Quick Quiz

1. What is the total enrollment at Purdue University in West Lafayette?

2. What was Paul Dresser’s name given at birth?

3. Finish the first line of the Indiana state song, ‘Round my Indiana homestead wave the__________,

4. How many United States Vice Presidents have been from Indiana?

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1. 52,211

2. Paul Dreiser Jr.

3. Cornfields

4. Six