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• Tennessee Veterans May Be Issued Missing High School Diplomas

  
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  New law affects WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam War Veterans Nashville, TN – The Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs, Many-Bears Grinder and the Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman will be presenting a high school diploma to Korean War Veteran, William Milton Duncan ...
  4 hours ago

• Tennessee recognizes June 15th as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 442
  Governor Bill Haslam proclaims day in Tribute to the Saftey and Dignity of Seniors Nashville, TN – In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has issued a proclamation acknowledging WEAAD and reminding Tennesseans that “seniors are valued members of society, and ...
  4 days ago

• Latino muralist creates a work of controversy

  
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  Latina Lista: News from the Latino perspective Latina Lista: News from the Latino perspective - News from the Latino perspective . Latino muralist creates a work of controversy by Latina Lista By Juan Miret LatinaLista A mural that is the only work of art by a Hispanic artist in the Oklahoma State Capitol ...
  6 days ago

• Artists Date: The State House

  
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  My steps fall silently on earth softened by recent showers. A quiet breeze stirs the trees and the air is thick with the clean scent of more rain to come. The legislative session must have ended, I think, because nary a soul but me ghosts through the yard’s rich shade. I wander the grounds of the capitol plaza ...
  1 week ago

• Legislative Report – Education Issues

  
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  Greetings! This week I’ll visit with you about the educational debate surrounding school safety in the 89th General Assembly. You may be assured that the safety of our students was at the forefront of all of our minds as the session began exactly one month after the tragedy at Sandy Hook elementary. Many, many ...
  1 week ago

• Legislative Report – Veteran’s Issues

  
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  (Posting late, sorry for the inconvenience.  Joe B.) Greetings! Since Memorial Day was celebrated on Monday, May 27, I thought it timely to address the veterans’ issues that faced the recent legislative session. I find it interesting to note that the statewide population of veterans today is just over 8%. In the ...
  1 week ago

• State Capitol Week in Review

  
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  State government’s revenue report for May had more encouraging news about economic growth in Arkansas. More people are working, as indicated by increases in the amounts of individual income taxes that employers withheld from workers’ paychecks. Also, the amount that the state collected in sales taxes exceeded ...
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• Texas couple visits all 50 state capitals

  
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  A Texas couple has fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting Maine to watch the state Legislature at work. Seriously. The Portland Press Herald reports that 86-year-old Marcine Webb and his wife, 81-year-old Nita Lou Webb, were in Augusta last week to complete their quest to visit every state capitol. Maines was the ...
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• Texas couple completes bucket list with Maine trip

  
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  A Texas couple has fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting Maine to watch the state Legislature at work. Seriously. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/18mLCbP ) reports that 86-year-old Marcine Webb and his wife, 81-year-old Nita Lou Webb, were in Augusta last week to complete their quest to visit ...
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• Purple Heart Combat Veterans

  
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  The Purple Heart is a specifically awarded as a combat decoration for members of the armed forces of the United States who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy and posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who are killed in action or die of wounds received in action. This monument ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pioneer Statuary Group and Buffalo Head Drinking Fountain

  
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  In 1884 a committee appointed by Iowa Governor Buren R. Sherman chose architect John Weidenmann of New York City to design plans for an improved State Capitol grounds. These plans were set aside while work on the Capitol continued. In 1890 the actual work to improve the grounds began and was completed in 1892.  The ...
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• Peace Pole

  
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  This Peace Pole and 49 others like it were given to all state governors and the President of the United States. "May Peace Prevail on Earth" is written in four different languages. Iowas Peace Pole is located at the Iowa State Capitol Complex and is part of the Monuments and Memorials Tour in Des Moines.
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• Parrot Rifle

  
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  These muzzle loading cannons, or Parrot Rifles, could fire 100-pound projectiles. They were cast at West Point Foundry in New York. During the Civil War they were part of the armament of the U.S. Steamer Nipsic. Today they are on display on the Iowa State Capitol Complex as part of the Monuments and Memorials Tour in ...
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• Memorial Bench

  
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  This memorial bench was purchased in memory of Mrs. Tomoko Yamamoto, noted Japanese flower arranger and instructor. It was dedicated on May 20, 1967 during the formal visit of the Japanese Governor to the Iowa Capitol. Members of the Federated Union of Clubs of Iowa donated the funds for the bench. It is located on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Martin Luther King, Jr. tree

  
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  This scarlet oak tree was planted in 1984 in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. Mrs. King asked each of the states to memorialize her husband. Des Moines citizens, Almo Hawkins and Wesley Chapman purchased the marker for the tree. The tree is at the Iowa State Capitol Complex as part of the Monuments and Memorials Tour.
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• Lincoln and Tad

  
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  Sculpted by Fred and Mabel Torey of Des Moines, the statue of Lincoln and Tad is located at the Iowa State Capitol Complex as part of the Monuments and Memorials Tour. It was dedicated on the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1961. The Lincolns had four sons. Tad, named for Lincolns father, died at ...
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• Liberty Bell

  
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  In 1950 The U.S. Department of the Treasury presented this miniature Liberty Bell to Iowa as a thank you for the states efforts of the previous 10 years in war-bond drives. Governor William Beardsley appropriately dedicated this symbol of independence on Independence Day. The bell was cast in Annery-le-Vieux, France ...
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• Korean War Memorial

  
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  In November of 1984 a students from Harding Junior High School in Des Moines, Iowa wrote the governor and asked why Korean War veterans did not have a memorial. The monument was dedicated on May 28, 1989 by governor Terry Branstad. It was erected on a grassy area south of the Capitol Building on the Iowa State ...
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• Japanese Bell and Bell House

  
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  In 1959 typhoons damaged crops, homes and farmlands of the Yamanashi prefecture in Japan. Citizens of Iowa generously sent breeding hogs and feed corn to aid the district. This program began the a friendship culminating in a sister-state relationship. This was the first of its kind between the United States and Japan, ...
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• Great Seal of Iowa

  
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  This bronz tablet is a near-replica of the state seal used by early Iowa governors. The eagle holds a banner with the state motto: "Our Liberties We Prize Our Rights We Will Maintain". Below the eagle and banner a soldier stands with a gun and liberty cap, the plow not far away. In the background the steamer "Iowa" is ...
  2 weeks ago

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