Leo E. Landis

State Curator; @iowamuseum, @iowaculture, Bacon enthusiast, @isualum in @iastatehistory, views are my own

[Michael J. Plummer @HistoricSitesIA]

Springdale, Iowa was a Quaker community w/strong abolitionist ties. Stopped there last week on a John Brown project & found this unrelated but intriguing grave site. Obit from Muscatine Journal (Dec 1902) via @StateCuratorIA

[Michael J. Plummer @WhoToTheWhatNow]

Springdale, Iowa was a Quaker community w/strong abolitionist ties. Stopped there last week on a John Brown project & found this unrelated but intriguing grave site. Obit from Muscatine Journal (12/12/1902) via @StateCuratorIA

[American Association for State and Local History @AASLH]

Our free, monthly networking and community building event gives you the opportunity to meet other history practitioners around the country. This month's History Hour is hosted by the AASLH Educators and Interpreters Committee. Register at https://t.co/cDJR0ngCpy.

[American Association for State and Local History @AASLH]

AASLH is proud to announce that we have been selected by @America250 as an inaugural National Resource Partner. National Resource Partners are a select group of expert nonpartisan, nonprofit orgs that will help elevate and scale America250 programming. https://t.co/aFuynsIBRa

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

This settles the Pop vs. Soda debate

[Midwestern History Association @MwHWG]

@MiddleWestRev @fleecechase1 Our 2024 Alice Smith Prize in #PublicHistory: congrats to the State Historical Society of Iowa (@IowaMuseum) for their 2023 program highlighting the 1980s #FarmCrisis!
@aklumpp was on hand to accept on behalf of SHSI.
#MidwestHistory24

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

@dogwoodblooms Not that you care what I say but your heritage is pop, lots of examples like this one from The Raleigh News and Observer of July 04, 1924. For some unknown reason some people chose the adjective over the noun, guess that is what people from New York would start.

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

@AFAM_Midwest dropped this video earlier today, the story of Buxton has rightly regained attention over the past few years. @Rachelle_Chase is largely responsible for this renewed attention. Good work by her and @DanManatt. https://t.co/NQ4CPz9bWB #iowahistory

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

@AndBatt Congratulations.

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

@lilyas53 @y00lz Photo by Charlie Neibergall of AP, his dad was a great photographer for @DMRegister as was his brother Bill. I can testify as an elementary/high school classmate that Charlie is all class and decency. https://t.co/OaxcE758bD

[Andrew Batt @AndBatt]

A terrific night & great crowd at @IowaStateFair to premiere the new @IowaPBS documentary “Our Great State Fair” chronicling the nearly 170-year history of the Fair.

The two 1-hour episodes air on @IowaPBS Aug 1 and Aug 2. Also @PBS app and https://t.co/3CTSJJHc3t

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

Thanks for the RT, Ty.

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

Iowans have a tradition of honoring freedom and equality for generations, as early as 1856. Program on 6/12 at State Historical Building of IA, 600 E Locust, w/conversation with long-time Iowans. @blackiowanews @Rushthewriter @NAACPIANE @catchdesmoines @jaybyers @IowaMuseum

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

@blackiowanews @Rachelle_Chase, something to check out or refer to others. Ann Arbor is a great town, lived there 8 years and many @UMich friends.

[Celeste Watkins-Hayes @watkinshayes]

Excited to share the Center for Racial Justice’s call for letters for our Visiting Fellows Program! If you’re an activist, artist, or scholar working on a high-impact project at the intersection of race and public policy, apply now! Apps due June 30: https://t.co/us3dPPSO5m

[Jay Byers @jaybyers]

.@ridedart honors Juneteenth in #DSMUSA https://t.co/rTN1rmwl5P

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

Note, it was Benton Barracks, not Jefferson Barracks.

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

I’ve been off Twitter due to its many issues.

A change for Memorial Day, when people ask about favorite artifacts @IowaMuseum, the flag of the 1st Colored Regiment of Iowa is among the top. 1/10 @blackiowanews @IowaNatGuard #MemorialDay #GoldStar
https://t.co/dMn16VY5iv

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

The men received their uniforms in October of 1863, clip from @journalonline of 10/15/1863, and headed to Jefferson Barracks in November, 2nd clip from Muscatine Tri-Weekly Journal, 11/13/1863.

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

Thanks to all the women and men who have died in service to the United States, but especially the dedicated men of the 1st Colored Regiment of Iowa.

[Leo E. Landis @StateCuratorIA]

Read about men who served in the regiment and made their homes in Newton after the war, see Dwain Coleman’s ISU master’s thesis, “ Still in the Fight: The Struggle for Community in the Upper Midwest for African American Civil War Veterans”
https://t.co/ndW5dfiV26