Heritage center unveils several new exhibits (Quad-City Times)
Heritage center unveils several new exhibits (Quad-City Times)
The German American Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St., Davenport, has opened new exhibits for the summer months. The main exhibit depicts German-owned cigar manufacturing companies and breweries in the Quad-City area with pictures, words and memorabilia from the early immigrants.
Your Saturday’s Best Bets (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Merrillville Historical Museum, 12 W. 73rd Ave., is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays through October. The special exhibit for June is memorabilia from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. Admission is free.
Canadian memorabilia used to make guitar (CTV.ca)
Jowi Taylor spent more than a decade assembling a collection of quintessentially Canadian artifacts that define us as a nation. The result was the Six String Nation Guitar — a uniquely Canadian instrument made up of symbols and stories from sea to sea.
Federal judge for N.J. is affirmed (NorthJersey.com)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 89-0 in approving President Bush’s nomination of a federal prosecutor to sit on New Jersey’s federal bench in Camden.
Nelson memorabilia heading to World Golf Hall of Fame (The Oxford Press)
ATLANTA It was moving day Thursday over at the old Nelson place at the Atlanta Country Club. The big truck was out front in the circular drive. The packers were upstairs with the bubble wrap and the tape, taking much more care than most of their kind.