• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Human Interest / Perry host big celebration for new immigrant museum

Perry host big celebration for new immigrant museum

September 23, 2004 By admin

Musicians, authors, poets and even a well-known game show host are gathering in the central Iowa town of Perry this weekend for the opening of a new immigrant museum. Perry native and entrepreneur Roberta Green Ahmanson says the 1904 Carnegie Library had fallen into disrepair so she had it restored to become the new facility. Green Ahmanson says the museum’s purpose is to “tell the story of the immigrant experience in small town America,” how immigrants shaped our land and how the land shaped them. The facility’s full name is “Hometown Perry, Iowa, A Museum Honoring the Immigrant Experience in Small Town America.” Green Ahmanson says it’s more of a campus than an individual structure, as much of downtown Perry is part of a community showcase. She says the buildings are artifacts and the library-museum itself tells the story of the meaning, history and importance of libraries in literacy, as Iowa is the most literate state in the U.S. Green Ahmanson says a host of events are planned through the weekend including concerts, readings, lectures and walking tours. On the roster: U.S. poet laureate Ted Kooser of Ames, authors James Davison Hunter, Jan Karon and Stephen Bloom, platinum-selling Latin singer Jaci Velasquez, baritone singer Jubilant Sykes and “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak. For more information, call (515) 465-2518 or surf to “www.hometownperryiowa.com”.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Human Interest

Featured Stories

Senator Ernst says Russian ban shows she’s doing something right

Bill creates new deer hunting season, with AR-15s

Governor signs Iowa Renewable Fuels Standard into law

Jury returns guilty verdict in shooting death of State Trooper

A haboob, a dust storm black out, hits northwest Iowa

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa’s Huckstorf garners national award

Iowa Special Olympics Summer games set to open in Ames

Radio Iowa/Baseball Coaches Association High School Poll 5/16/22

Iowa assistant coach Kirk Speraw to retire

Northern Iowa prepares for Missouri Valley Conference softball tournament

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2022 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC