Indiana Quick Quiz
- Who designed the Indiana state flag?
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What does the torch in the center of the Indiana state flag represent?
- What do the 13 stars in the outer circle of the Indiana state flag symbolize?
- What does the large star above the torch on the Indiana state flag stand for?
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February 16, 1904 James Baskett, American actor (Song of the South) 1st African American male to receive an Oscar, born in Indianapolis.
February 16, 1852 Henry and Clement Studebaker opened a blacksmith shop in South Bend. Their company became the world’s largest maker of wagons and carriages and later a major automobile manufacturer.
February 17, 1892 James F. Hanley is born in Rensselaer. He becomes a popular songwriter and in 1917 publishes “Back Home Again in Indiana.” Another of his hits is “Zing Went the Strings of My Heart.”
February 20, 1842 The first medical school in Indiana opens as a department of LaPorte University. A graduate of the school is William Worrall Mayo, who establishes the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in 1889.
Where in Indiana
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Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Mooresville.
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Answers: 1. Paul Hadley 2. Liberty and enlightenment 3. The 13 original states 4. Indiana, the 19th state
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