Tuesday, October 10, 2006

News at Eleven: Before his [James Whitcomb Riley's] death

in 1916, Indiana schools celebrated his birthday, which is today. In 1915, the governor of Indiana declared it Riley Day, as did the National Commissioner of Education, who directed that Riley Day be observed in all the schools in the United States.

from The News-Sentinel: Indiana’s Riley was the 'people’s poet'

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