Saints: Museums tour along the Avenue of the Saints
The group visits Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana in Mount Pleasant built in 1973 where four curtains once moved audiences to operatic settings. In Mason City Music Man Square opened June 1 highlighting Meredith Willson born there May 18 1902 with a restored boyhood home and 76 trombones in a park room. A Clear Lake State Park beach offers a cooling shoreline pause.
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Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana
Mount Pleasant
Grace Davis
Toby
Susie
Erin
Midwest
Luz
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Meredith Willson
Willson
Wanda Miller
Clear Lake State Park
Iowa
U.S. Cellular Center
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Iowa City
Plum Grove
Old Capitol Museum
Kalona
Frank Lloyd Wright Stockman
Meredith Willson Boyhood
van Allen House
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Conger House
Washington
Rensselaer Russell House
Waterloo
Waverly
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Hobo Museum
Britt
George Wyth
Viking Pump Museum
Cedar
Iowa Trolley Park
Clear Lake
Science Station
Avenue of the Saints misplaces a Minnesota lake
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Dave Rasdal
Daver
Fyiowa
Steve Gravelle
Stevegr
Places to Go Along the Avenue of the Saints
A compilation of Missouri and regional sites along the Avenue of the Saints listing amusement parks galleries centers cruises historic homes and museums in cities such as St Louis Hannibal and Canton with references to towns including Bowling Green Eureka and Clark as well as broader Iowa and Minnesota attractions and venues. It cites multiple parks centers and historic houses across several states.
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Avenue of the Saints
Missouri
Six Flags St
John B. Meyers
St. Louis
Gateway Arch
Scott Joplin
DeMenil
Lewis County Historical Society Museum and Genealogical Library
Canton
Clark County Historical Museum
Kahoka
St. Louis Car Museum & Sales
St. Louis Mercantile Library
Soldiers Memorial Military Museum
Worldways Children Museum
Museum of Transportation
Magic House
Children’s Museum
Lewis & Clark Center
Dog Museum
Black World History Wax Museum
Concordia Historical Institute
Missouri Historical Society
Ted Shan
Festival security tightens as Fourth of July prep focus grows
Erceg plans to close First Street SE between Third and Fourth avenues due to construction as Independence Day raises security concerns. Police and sheriffs deputies will boost festival coverage through July 7 with FBI help and Linn County Sheriff’s backing. Community leaders urge calm while increasing monitoring at crowded events post Sept 11.
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Erceg
First Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Associated Press
House
Dick Armey
Texas
FBI
Linn County Sheriffs Department
Wendler
International Festivals and Events Association
Motorcycle crash near Cedar Rapids kills six in central Iowa
State Patrol reports six motorcyclists from central Iowa were killed as a van crossed the center line about 11 am Saturday one mile west of Highway 21. Doug las Sampson 51 of Ames Ross Holland 57 of Boone were among the dead. James Olson 62 Ames remained in serious condition at St Luke's Cedar Rapids. Richard Vaubel 50 Ames in critical at University Hospitals Iowa City Wayne Wierson 56 Ames treated and released. Gary Butler 47 Des Moines driver hospitalized in good condition. Open house at J P Cycles in Anamosa drew more than 3000 attendees.
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Douglas Sampson
Ames
Ross Holland
Boone
Iowa State Patrol
James Olson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Richard Vaubel
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Wayne Wierson
St. Luke’s
Pickering
Garcia
Grateful Dead
Boyer
State Patrol
Gary Butler
Des Moines
Highway 21
Butler
Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center
Tractorcade wedding vows blend romance and gears
Christine and Blane wed in Eyota Minnesota with a tractor themed ceremony. The couple, who collect tractors including John Deeres and green Olivers, joked about love as a ride. Daughters Carli Mackenzie and Katie joined on hay bales as family attended.
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Blane
John Deeres
Arizona
Christine
Carli
Mackenzie
Katie
Mark Woodward
Faith United Methodist Church
Eyota
Minn
Woodward
Israel extends Gaza and West Bank incursions after Hamas attacks
Israeli forces push into Ramallah and other West Bank centers with curfews as they seize Palestinian areas to stop attacks. Hamas claims multiple suicide bombings in Jerusalem kill 26 Israelis. Hamas leader under house arrest in Gaza.
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Ramallah
West Bank
Nablus
Jenin
Tulkarem
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Israel
Hamas
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Muhammed Shahab
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Como Zoo
St. Paul
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Alexander Ramsey
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Fort Snelling
James J. Hill
Minnesota State Capitol
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