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Back Home Again in Indiana
NARRATOR: This Indiana Bicentennial minute is made possible by the Indiana Historical Society and the law firm of Krieg DeVault.
An acapella group begins to sing. Vocals courtesy of Indiana University’s “Another Round.” Images of famous people, famous paintings and portraits as well as famous places in Indiana are shown.
SINGERS: Back home again in Indiana and it seems that I can see the gleaming candlelight still shining bright through the Sycamore for me… do do do do…
The music still plays in the background while images of sheet music is shown.
JANE PAULEY: It’s probably the most famous song about our state. “Back Home Again in Indiana” was written by Ballard MacDonald and James Hanley and published in 1917. I’m Jane Pauley. We hope you’ve enjoyed our Indiana Bicentennial Minutes made possible by the Indiana Historical Society and the law firm of Krieg DeVault.
Indiana Bicentennial Minute
- Gas Boom
- Miles Labs
- The Harrisons
- Native Americans
- Elwood Haynes
- Morgan’s Raid
- Red Skelton
- Indiana Astronauts
- John Dillinger
- Gov. Oliver Morton
- Indiana State Parks
- Cole Porter
- Auto Indiana
- Evansville, Refrigeration Capitol of the World
- Knute Rockne
- Gennett Records
- Indiana Agriculture
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Carole Lombard
- State Capitol History
- Saint Theodora Guerin
- Hoagy Carmichael
- French Lick and West Baden Springs
- Eugene V. Debs
- Indiana’s First Railroad
- Eli Lilly
- Gary, Indiana, and Michael Jackson
- John Wooden
- Cummins Engine
- General Lew Wallace
- Back Home Again in Indiana
- Indiana Avenue
- Indiana Statehood
- Steamboat Era
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Super Bowl XLVI
- Abraham Lincoln
- Madam Walker
- Crispus Attucks
- Vice Presidents
- Philo Farnsworth
- T.C. Steele
- Milan Miracle
- Levi Coffin
- Robert Kennedy
- Von Tilzer Brothers
- Ernie Pyle
- New Harmony
- Gene Stratton-Porter
- The Shaping of the Crossroads of America
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway
