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Covered Bridges in Iowa today.

💦Covered Bridges in Iowa

⛲️Cutler–Donahoe Bridge is a 79-foot (24 m) long covered bridge in Madison County, Iowa. It was built in 1870. It originally crossed the North River near Bevington, Iowa. In 1979, the bridge was moved to its current location at the entrance to the Winterset City Park.

⛲️Hogback Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near Winterset, Iowa. Named after a nearby limestone ridge, it was built in 1884 over the North River on Douglas Township Road. The 106 feet (32 m) bridge was designed with a Town lattice truss system. It was built with steel pylons to support the main span. The Hogback Bridge was originally one of 19 covered bridges in Madison County; there are only six remaining covered bridges in the county. In 1992, the bridge was rehabilitated.

⛲️Elmcrest is a 27 feet (9 m) bridge that crosses a creek at Hole 2 in Elmcrest Golf course in Linn County, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (GPS: N42 01.131 W91 38.813)

⛲️Hammond, 80 feet (25 m) bridge built in 1870 and closed to motor traffic 2001. It crosses North Cedar Creek S. of Attica, Iowa in Indiana Township, which is in Marion County. (GPS: N41 10.662 W93 00.844).

National Themes For September 11: National Make Your Bed Day, National Hot Cross Bun Day, and Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.

🛏National Make Your Bed Day! According to the National Sleep Foundation, making your bed can help improve your sleep by reducing the amount of tossing, turning, and restlessness which in return, can be good for your health. At a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program, participants learn that the sleep environment is a major component to a restful night’s sleep. In a survey conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, people who make their bed daily more often have a better night’s sleep. Fresh sheets, dark and cool rooms, and comfortable mattresses and pillows also play a factor in mastering sleep comfort.

🥐National Hot Cross Bun Day! This bun is made with either currants or raisins and marked with a cross that is either made of a doughy paste that’s baked into the bun or an icing added to the top. Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten during Lent in many historically Christian countries. Lent begins the evening before Ash Wednesday through Good Friday, and the cross is a symbol of the Crucifixion. Hot Cross Bun Superstitions: ✨English folklore – Buns baked and served on Good Friday will not spoil or mold during the subsequent year. ✨English folklore – Buns can be used for medicinal purposes. A piece of it given to someone ill will help them recover. ✨Sharing one with another person is supposed to ensure friendship throughout the coming year, especially if “Half for you and half for me, Between us two shall goodwill be” is said at the time. ✨Some people believe because there is a cross on the bun, they should be kissed before being eaten. ✨Hot cross buns are said to protect you during a sea voyage. ✨If hung in a kitchen, they are said to protect against fires and ensure that all bread turns out perfectly. (The hanging bun is replaced each year.)

🇺🇸Patriot Day on September 11th honors the memory of the nearly 3,000 people who were killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Each year, in the United States the day is dedicated to remembering those who died as well as those who risked their own lives to save others. Attend Patriot Day ceremonies and observe moments of silence: ✨8:46 AM EDT – American Airlines Flight #11 collides into the World Trade Center. ✨9:03 AM EDT – United Airlines Flight #175 collides into the World Trade Center South Tower. ✨9:37 AM EDT – American Airlines Flight #77 crashes into the Pentagon. ✨9:59 AM EDT – World Trade Center South Tower Collapses. ✨10:03 AM EDT – United Airlines Flight #93 crashes in Shanksville, PA. ✨10:28 AM EDT – World Trade Center North Tower Collapses. ✨September 13, 2001, in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush, proclaimed Friday, September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001. ✨August 31, 2002, President George W. Bush proclaimed Friday, September 6, through Sunday, September 8, 2002, as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance. ✨September 4, 2002, President Bush proclaimed September 11, 2002, as the first Patriot Day. ✨September 9, 2016, President Barack Obama proclaimed September 11th as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. ✨In 2017 and 2018, President Donald Trump declared September 8–10 as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance and proclaimed September 11 as Patriot Day.

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