Today, according to one list, is National Indiana Day. I can't figure out why it's today because Indiana became the 19th state on December 11, 1816. 12/11/1816? And all my Googling has not explained it. It has repeated it several times over but not explained it. However, today is also National Fast Food Day, National Check Your Wipers Day and National Button Day. Once I saw the whole list, it became obvious to me why it's National Indiana Day. We Hoosiers definitely need working windshield wipers, especially from November through July or August. And we're practically the home of fast food. After all, Wendy's was founded here. As for buttons, it seems that for a few years a small button factory on Willow Sreet (city unknown, although there is a Willow Street in Vincennes, Indiana) produced as many as. 3000 buttons a week from fresh water mussel shells. This was around 1846, somewhere along the Tippecanoe River, and yes, that's in Indiana. You can Google much more history about buttons if you're really interested. So whatever the reasons, happy Indiana Day, and get those wipers checked.
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