Amy Gilligan

I was a wee child of 10 when we marked the bicentennial, but I do have many memories of what was quite a celebration. I remember doing numerous school programs, and if you are anywhere close to my age, I’ll bet you can still name all the states in alphabetical order, thanks to that earworm song, “Fifty, Nifty United States.” I even taught my kids that song, so now they know the states in alphabetical order too. I remember well the painted fire hydrants too, which was a fun local project.

For the third time in four years, I’m proud to announce that the TH’s own Mike Day has earned a certificate of recognition from the Iowa State Historical Society’s George Mills & Louise Noun Popular History Award. This time, Mike, who serves as senior artist and page designer for the TH, received the honors for the story he wrote on the Flats area in Dubuque titled “The Other Side of the Tracks,” which published last August.

If we’re talking about supper clubs, let’s be honest, it starts with the old-fashioned. Step back bourbon snobs, this is the original home of the brandy old-fashioned. Not as hipster as its bourbon brother, to be sure, but sweeter — and the sweetness might just be nostalgia. kAm%@ E9@D6 =F4<J 6?@F89 E@ =:G6 :? E96 EC:\DE2E6 2C62[ J@F 2C6 :?