March 9 – March 15
This Week in Indiana History
Indiana Statehouse Tour Office
Guided tours of the Indiana Statehouse are offered Monday through Friday.
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March 11, 1958 Anissa Jones, American child actress (Family Affair – “BuffY”), born in Lafayette.
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March 11, 1911 Crawfordsville won the state’s first high school basketball tournament, defeating Lebanon by the score of 24 to 17.
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March 13, 1957 The peony was adopted as the official state flower of Indiana. Earlier state flowers had been the carnation, tulip blossom and zinnia.
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March 14, 1913 The legislature adopted the official state song: On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away.
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Where in Indiana
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- From the fields there comes the breath of new __________ ________
- What is the life span of a peony plant?
- Traditionally peonies are used symbolically to celebrate what?
- In Chinese, the name of the peony is sho-yu. What does it mean?
Answers Below
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Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken at Bloomfield Elementary School.
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“Fashion can be bought by anybody; style takes discernment, it has to do with individuality.”
– Bill Blass
Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Blass was an American fashion designer. He was the recipient of seven Coty Awards and the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Answers
- mown hay
- They can live for over 100 years
- 12th wedding anniversary
- Most beautiful
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