Indy's "real" 200th birthday?

<p dir="ltr">As Hoosier History Live kicks off our 13th year on the air, our spotlight will turn to a historic milestone for Indiana's largest city.</p> <p dir="ltr">Many historians consider <strong>Jan. 6, 1821</strong> to be the official birthdate of <strong>Indianapolis</strong> (it's often called <strong>Founders Day</strong> for the city) because that's when the <strong><a href= "http://iga.in.gov/">Indiana General Assembly</a></strong> approved the site selected for the new state capital. They also approved the new city's name.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "http://hoosierhistorylive.org/images/Jordan-Ryan-2020.JPG" alt= "Jordan Ryan" width="204" height="283" align="left" />So it's an ideal opportunity to present another program in our periodic series saluting the <strong><a href= "http://indyturns200.com/">Bicentennial era</a></strong> that stretches from June 2020 to May 2021. The celebratory era began with the 200th anniversary of a meeting on June 7, 1820 at a cabin owned by pioneer <strong>John McCormick</strong> in what is now <a href= "https://www.whiteriverstatepark.org/"><strong>White River State Park</strong></a>. At that meeting, which also is sometimes called the city's birthdate, state officials selected the site they would recommend to the legislature. </p> <p dir="ltr">For this show, we will explore several topics, including some related to upcoming events on Founders Day, exhibits, lost landmarks and how the legislature handled the historic act that approved the site for Indianapolis. To explore more about the latter, our guest, Indianapolis-based <strong>Jordan Ryan</strong> of <strong><a href= "https://www.thehistoryconcierge.net/">The History Concierge</a></strong>, recommends  what she calls an "underused resource:" the <strong><a href= "https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15078coll21/id/122119/rec/19">Indiana Historical Legislative Documents</a></strong> collection.</p> <p dir="ltr">Jordan is an architectural historian and archivist who formerly served as the coord