Stories and Legends: Historic Preservation in Muncie, Indiana
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23m
"Stories and Legends," which won an Aurora Award for Platinum Best of Show, explores historic preservation while tracing the efforts to restore structures in several of Muncie's nationally recognized historic districts, including the hospital where bank robber John Dillinger stayed (Whitney Hospital), former headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan (Over House), an old railway stop (C.R.M. Depot) and the resting place of the city's rich and famous (Beech Grove Cemetery).
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