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You Don't Look a Day Over Quasquicentennial, I Swear.
Dec. 29, 2009 11:49 am
If you missed it, there's still time to grab a glass of Templeton Rye or Cedar Ridge wine or Millstream beer or some other home state booze and propose a statehood toast.
Or visit the Old Capitol, especially the House chamber, where Iowa became the 29th state on Dec. 28, 1846. Say hi to Gov. Briggs.
Iowa shares its birthday with several celebrities, including Denzel Washington, who is 55, and Woodrow Wilson, who turned 153 and Molson brewing founder John Molson, who is 246. Toast him too, eh.
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