#indiana2016

[studioosmanakan]

Lux Aeterna, #bicentennial,#studioosmanakan, #sculpture, #indiana,#luxaeterna, #osmanakan, #indiana2016

[lppine-stories-blog]

We had a blast filming, flying, running, and driving across one of the largest counties in the state for the #IndianaBicentennial #TorchRelay today! Special thanks to Kiel (not pictured) for all your hard work. . #INTorchRelay @intorchrelay @indiana2016 #Indiana2016 #lppine #hoosiers #Indiana #Bicentennial (at Worthington, Indiana)

[thechildrensmuseum]

To continue Indiana’s bicentennial celebration, we would like to highlight this 1888 Benjamin Harrison campaign ribbon. Harrison was born in Ohio but spent most of his adult life in Indianapolis. After he moved to Indianapolis in 1854, he became a Union general in the Civil War, a reporter for the Supreme Court of Indiana, and Indiana State Senator from 1881-1887. The Benjamin Harrison Home (where he introduced his Front Porch Campaign of 1888) is still standing and part of the National Register of Historic Places. A wide variety of campaign items were used during the 1888 election to "liven up" Benjamin Harrison, who was considered by many to be very dull. This ribbon was one of the many items worn by Harrison supporters during his campaign. The campaign gave away banners, buttons, ribbons and bandanas like this one to inspire voters to vote for them.  In swing states Indiana and New York, these souvenirs helped him win the presidency in the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote by 100,456 votes. 

[thechildrensmuseum]

When Indiana teen Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS in the mid-1980s, there was still a lot of fear surrounding the disease. His struggle just to go to school was covered by media around the world, and as result Ryan made many friends through the publicity that surrounded him - people across the country sent him letters and gifts of encouragement, and Ryan was befriended by many celebrities drawn to his story. He was a highly effective spokesperson for AIDS awareness. Long after his death in April 1990, Ryan still serves as a symbol of the fight against AIDS.

Elton John gave Ryan this jacket that is now in the collection of The Children’s Museum, and it can currently be seen on display at the Indiana State Museum as part of Indiana in 200 Objects: A Bicentennial Celebration.

[thechildrensmuseum]

This April marks the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month.  One of Indiana’s most famous poets is James Whitcomb Riley. 

Riley was born in Greenfield, Indiana on October 7, 1849. Inspired by a teacher to study literature, his childhood in small-town Indiana gave him a feel for the rhythm and character of rural speech.  Beginning in 1877, Riley worked for the Indianapolis Journal, and he used his spare time to write poetry, some of which appeared in the newspaper. Riley became famous as "The Hoosier Poet"  after he published his first book, "The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems,” in 1883 under the name Benjamin F. Johnson, of Boone County. 

This book was published in 1934, eighteen years after his death.

[thechildrensmuseum]

Throughout 2016, people throughout the state of Indiana are celebrating our Bicentennial. The name Indiana means “land of Indians” and the state joined the union on December 11, 1816. These moccasins were made by a member of the Miami peoples. The Miami used to live in the territory that is now Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. By the mid 19th century, most of the Miami peoples had been removed to Indian Territory, now known as Oklahoma. 

[germansons]

CIVIL WAR: ON THIS DATE

Jefferson County, Kentucky native Major Robert Anderson  evacuated  his command  from Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina on April 14, 1861 after enduring three days of bombardment from Confederate forces surrounding the Union garrison.

This assault on a Federal fortification ushered in “this wicked and unnatural rebellion” bloodlessly, but under the terms of capitulation, Major Anderson ordered a 50-gun salute to honor the Stars & Stripes as the flag was lowered from the shattered flagstaff that resulted in the death of Private Daniel Hough.

Hough died as the first casualty of the war, and five of his comrades were wounded, from an explosion after embers fell into loose powder.

In response to President Abraham Lincoln’s April 15, 1861 first call that followed  to activate 75,000 militia for three months service to suppress the rebellion, newly elected Governor Oliver Perry Morton of Indiana telegraphed to Washington, D. C., the pledge “On behalf of the state of Indiana, I tender to you, for the defense of the Nation and to uphold the authority of the Government, ten thousand men.”

The following day, April 16, Gov. Morton issued a proclamation calling "upon loyal and patriotic men of this State," to aid the President in enforcing the laws, to recover National property and to maintain the rightful authority Of the United States Government.

During the War of the Rebellion, 208,367 Hoosiers would serve to prevent the overthrow of the Federal Government, and of that number, 24,416 were killed or died of disease. Some 13,779 men are listed as unaccounted for, and a good many of them likely died in service.