Broad Ripple Park Carousel is an antique carousel in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis in the U.S. state of Indiana. It was originally installed in 1917 at an amusement park near the White River where it remained until the building housing it collapsed in 1956. The ride's mechanism was destroyed, but the animals were relatively unscathed and put into storage by the park's owners, the Indianapolis Park District. The animals were carved by the Dentzel Carousel Company sometime before 1900 and assembled by the William F. Mangels carousel company, which also supplied the engine powering the ride. Restoration of the animals began in 1966 and was only finished with the restoration of the entire carousel in 1977. A 1919 Wurlitzer organ model 146B, a type manufactured only for carousels, was also installed. As restored, the carousel is 42 feet (13 meters) wide and has a total of 42 animals, including – as well as the usual horses – goats, giraffes, deer, a lion, and a tiger. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1541:

After three years of exile, John Calvin returned to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine that came to be known as Calvinism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism

1759:

Seven Years' War: British forces defeated the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, New France, though General James Wolfe was mortally wounded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham

1814:

War of 1812: Fort McHenry in Baltimore's Inner Harbor was attacked by British forces during the Battle of Baltimore, inspiring Francis Scott Key to write "Defence of Fort McHenry", which later was used as the lyrics to the United States' national anthem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key

1933:

Elizabeth McCombs became the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_McCombs

1985:

Super Mario Bros., one of the best-selling and most influential video games of all time, was first released for the NES in Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

hardline: 1. (business) A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer. 2. (business) A retail product collection which includes many non- information goods, such as home appliances, housewares, sporting goods, in addition to the DIY hardware which is the focus of the first definition, above. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hardline

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

ZEUS, n. The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog. Some explorers who have touched upon the shores of America, and one who professes to have penetrated a considerable distance to the interior, have thought that these four names stand for as many distinct deities, but in his monumental work on Surviving Faiths, Frumpp insists that the natives are monotheists, each having no other god than himself, whom he worships under many sacred names.   --Ambrose Bierce https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce