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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
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Marion plans groundbreakings for new skatepark and food truck park
MARION, Ind. — Marion plans to invest about $9.5 million in three parks projects, including a skatepark, a food truck park, and upgrades to Ballard Fields. The city scheduled groundbreakings for 2 p.m. Tuesday, according to information posted a week ahead of the events. The itinerary lists Hogin Park Skatepark at 3300 S. Nebraska St., […]
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Fall Creek Township and Pendleton considering reorganizing together to avoid state-forced merger
A citizen led effort in Madison County is aimed at protecting Fall Creek Township from a forced municipal merger. As IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports, local leaders are looking at reorganizing with the town of Pendleton. A new state law signed last March will soon identify what it calls “failing”...
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Keeping Muncie’s Thunderbolts thunderbolting
Tornado sirens…can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em, amiright? Seriously, though, we clinch our teeth through tests that interrupt our Friday mornings, but rely on them when severe weather strikes. Most of what we hear every week are modern Federal Signal 2001-SRNs, but yesterday, Delaware County Emergency Management issued an update to its testing policy that I hope will keep our historic holdouts fit for years to come.
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An Indiana Science Teacher Posed for Her School Photo With the Class Bearded Dragon, and Her Miss Frizzle Look Drew More Than 85,600 Likes
Kokomo science teacher Lisa Herring took her school photo with the class bearded dragon, and the Miss Frizzle look drew more than 85,600 likes on her niece's Threads post.