Happy Valentine's Day
Indiana Quick Quiz
- What was Robert Indiana's LOVE design originally used for?
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What flower shop has been in Business in Whiting, IN, since 1900?
- What Chocolate company has been in business in Lebanon, since 1966?
- What is the oldest jewelry store in Indiana?
Answers Below
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February 9, 1866 George Ade, American playwright, writer and humorist, born in Kentland.
February 11, 1901 (Anton) “Tony” Hulman Jr., American businessman and motorsport entrepreneur (owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1945-77), born in Terre Haute.
February 14, 1913 Jimmy Hoffa, American Union Leader (Leader of Teamsters Union with ties to organized crime, disappeared mysteriously in 1975), born in Brazil, Indiana.
February 15, 1928 Norman Bridwell, American author and cartoonist (Clifford the Big Red Dog), born in Kokomo.
Where in Indiana
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Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Rome City, of Gene Stratton-Porter's cabin in Wildflower Woods on Sylvan Lake.
Robert Indiana, the pop artist behind the LOVE sculpture. Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana
"What this country needs is a really good five cent cigar"
-Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana governor, Vice President of the United States (Woodrow Wilson)
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Did you know that Raggedy Ann was created by Indiana writer Johnny Gruelle in 1915?
Did you know that Indiana grown popcorn is Indiana's state snack?
Did you know that the Say's Firefly is the Indiana state insect?
Answers: 1. A 1965 Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 2. Whiting Flower Shop 3. Donaldson's Finer Chocolates 4. E. Newcomer & Sons Jewelers, Nappanee, IN has been in business since 1888.
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