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    Celebrating 200 years of Indianapolis history

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    When is Indy's real birthday? Our city's 200-year "birther" controversy.
    Libby Cierzniak
    • Jan 6, 2021
    • 6 min

    When is Indy's real birthday? Our city's 200-year "birther" controversy.

    Was Indy born in 1820, 1821 or 1836? A brewing "birther" controversy surrounds our city's official birthday.
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    1920: Indy prepares for a flood of first-time female voters
    Libby Cierzniak
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 6 min

    1920: Indy prepares for a flood of first-time female voters

    111 years ago, a 70-year-old woman from Indianapolis named Mary E. Nicholson made history as one of the first females – if not the...
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    From Vice President to Vice Squad: The Story of a City Lot
    Libby Cierzniak
    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 7 min

    From Vice President to Vice Squad: The Story of a City Lot

    Spring break 1968. Girl Scouts Gone Wild. Or at least that's how I recall one memorable day when I was 11 years old and our Girl Scout...
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    The Things We Leave Behind
    Libby Cierzniak
    • Dec 17, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Things We Leave Behind

    There are a lot of great reasons to buy a house in the historic Old Northside. But "the ghost dog made me do it" is not one of the them.
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    Out of the darkness & into the Circle of Lights
    Libby Cierzniak
    • Nov 30, 2019
    • 5 min

    Out of the darkness & into the Circle of Lights

    High atop the Monument, Victory was veiled in darkness until 1916, when two rival power companies staged a spectacular light show.
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    The day the H-Bomb hit downtown Indy
    Libby Cierzniak
    • Nov 13, 2019
    • 7 min

    The day the H-Bomb hit downtown Indy

    On April Fool's Day 1959, the city approved a plan to demolish 200 buildings in the heart of downtown Indy. It was the Project H bomb.
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