History

By Heidi Welte

November 22, 2022

Every hurricane or severe storm to hit the capitol of the United States brings with it photos of the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier solemnly carrying out their watch despite the terrible weather. None of these moments, however, can possibly surpass the eventful journey that brought the Unknown Soldier back home from France, or that of the USS Olympia, the ship tasked with this special mission which very nearly ended in tragedy. 

By Jonathan Den Hartog

Public debates have recently focused on school history standards – what the Advanced Placement program should teach in its African-American Studies course and what the state of Florida should say about the effects of slavery. These are important questions. But I’m concerned about a longer-term problem: the danger of making American history and civics dull.

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From wars to elections, international incidents to civil unrest, entertainment to sports, the key defining moments of history profoundly influence who and what we are today.

To discover some of the most iconic moments from each of the last 100 years, Stacker mined historical data, government reports, and newspaper accounts. While most years offered more than one major incident that helped mold our attitudes and beliefs, we strove to provide the most important, defining event of each year since 1920.

Troy, Indiana

Land Purchased.

Land at Maxville has been purchased and deed recorded in Spencer County for a small tract of land near the bridge that spans Anderson River on the Maxville side. The land was transferred to a committee headed by Mike Bettinger of Tell City. There is to be a marker erected in honor of Abraham Lincoln who operated a ferry at that place at one time. It is said that the ground will finally go to the state and be maintained as a park. (Oct. 22, 1926 Cannelton Telephone)