Passion Plays – the dramatic representations of the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ – began in medieval Europe …
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History Mar. 30, 2021 9:19 am
Passion Plays – the dramatic representations of the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ – began in medieval Europe …
By Joe Coffey, The History Center History Mar. 23, 2021 9:30 am
Any tour of Grant Wood-related sites in Iowa would be woefully incomplete without a visit to the Cherry Building in …
History Mar. 19, 2021 6:13 pm
Phyllis Fleming spent 45 years working in The Gazette’s newsroom, most of that in leadership positions, before retiring in 2002. …
History Mar. 9, 2021 9:05 am
A group of seven Iowa Hawkeye fans from Cedar Rapids started a nonprofit in 1979, the Iowa Hawkeye Rebounders Ltd., …
History Mar. 2, 2021 12:24 pm
In 1839, militias in Iowa and Missouri squared off over where the state line should be between the two states. …
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By Joe Coffey, The History Center
History Feb. 24, 2021 3:59 pm
Long before postcards were relegated to reminders of dental checkup and oil changes, they delivered well wishes and news of …
By Tara Templeman, The History Center
History Feb. 23, 2021 6:00 am
This month’s ‘Piece of History” is a picture taken June 6, 1957, of big band leader Duke Ellington talking to …
History Feb. 25, 2021 12:29 am
Dr. Andrew Jay Hankins is retired now. He lives in the Detroit area, but for four years, from 1961 to …
Living Feb. 9, 2021 7:30 am
A marriage of 66 years seems a worthy topic to write about on Valentine’s Day. I started researching a column …
History Feb. 2, 2021 8:30 am
When the 18th Amendment outlawing the manufacture and sale of liquor was added to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, it …
By Joe Coffey, The History Center
History Jan. 29, 2021 10:33 pm
Just as older generations tried to save American youth from the dangers of the lambada and the twist, even-older generations …
By Tara Templeman, The History Center
History Jan. 29, 2021 10:35 pm
Edwin Bruns taught a variety of courses at the Cedar Rapids YWCA in the 1960s, including ones in oil painting …
History Jan. 19, 2021 8:30 am
Charles E. Fawcett – who would become a successful Cedar Rapids businessmen – moved to the city from Benton County …