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Old Town Greenwood overran by animals
The prestigious Folktale Event Center was once housed by lions and bears. A staple in Old Town Greenwood has recently been the Folktale Event Center, but what is the history behind the building?. A Kentucky born man named Grafton Johnson is the reason behind the original building. Johnson was born...
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ByGone Muncie: Dead Munsonians of a forgotten war
Before 1954, Veterans Day on Nov. 11 was known as Armistice Day. It originally commemorated the end of fighting in World War I. Hostilities stopped at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when a ceasefire between Germany and the Allied powers took effect. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Armistice Day in 1919. Congress formally recognized the observance in 1926, and it became a federal holiday in 1938. Sixteen years later, President Dwight Eisenhower signed legislation renaming it Veterans Day to honor all Americans who served in U.S. armed forces. Our community contributed significantly to the Great War in labor, treasure and blood. Much of the effort was coordinated by the Delaware County Council of Defense, which organized enlistment, morale campaigns, food production and war bond drives. The council sold more than $11 million ($245 million today) in bonds to local residents. More than 16,000 county women registered for home-front service through the Women’s Council of Defense, while thousands of laborers manufactured military supplies in Muncie factories, retooled for the war effort. In 1918 alone, county residents planted more than 7,000 victory gardens on 705 acres. About 4.7 million Americans served in the