Editing Plymouth, Indiana (section)

====American Civil War====
During the Civil War, Union Army soldiers arrested Daniel E. VanValkenburgh, editor of the ''Plymouth Weekly Democrat'', who criticized what he viewed as Lincoln's abuses of power. VanValkenburgh also criticized Department of Ohio commander Ambrose Burnside's lieutenant, General Milo S. Hascall. Hascall was in charge of the District of Indiana. VanValkenburgh called Hascall a donkey in the pages of the ''Democrat.'' Hascall promptly dispatched soldiers to arrest VanValkenburgh and brought him before Burnside to answer charges of violating Burnside's General Order No. 38. Burnside let VanValkenburgh off with a warning. The ''Democrat'' became the first of eleven Democratic newspapers suppressed or threatened with suppression in May 1863.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Killing the Serpent Speedily" |url=http://blog.newspapers.library.in.gov/killing-the-serpent-speedily-governor-morton-general-hascall-and-the-suppresion-of-the-democratic-press-in-indiana-1863/ |website=Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization Project blog}}</ref>

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====History as a Sundown Town====
Like many towns and counties in Indiana following the [[Reconstruction era]], Plymouth was once considered a [[sundown town]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plymouth |url=https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundowntown/plymouth-in/}}</ref> Accounts by locals claim that signs at the northern city limits read, "Blacks out of town by sundown" or "All non-residents are required to leave the city by 9 pm", with a city ordinance listed at the bottom. There were no such signs at the southern border of town on US 31, nor on the east and west entrances on US 30. These signs remained posted well into the mid 60s until the [[Fair Housing Act of 1968]] which banned [[racial discrimination]] in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. Although the city has since become more inclusive, the African-American population still remains remarkably low at 0.6%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Plymouth City, Indiana |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/plymouthcityindiana/PST040218 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112152157/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/plymouthcityindiana/PST040218 |archive-date=2019-11-12 |access-date=2019-11-12 |website=Census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> As of today, there has been no public acknowledgment by the city of its history of exclusion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.plymouthin.com/index.php/community/history/ |website=PlymouthIN.com}}</ref>
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