14 Amazing Monuments and Memorials in Indiana You Have to See at Least Once
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Trisha Faulkner
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Initially, when you think about monuments and memorials in Indiana, you think about Indianapolis. After all, our beautiful city is loaded with monuments and memorials in honor of things Hoosiers cherish and want to remember forever. What some people don’t know is we are so much more than just Indianapolis. We have beautiful monuments and memorials scattered all over the state.
You can find this historic site in Evansville, Indiana.
There are actually several four freedoms monuments in the United States. Evansville, Indiana just happens to be the home of one of them.
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The Fall Creek Massacre was a name given to a brutal slaughter of a total of nine different Native Americans including four children, three women, and two men. Seven white settlers living in Indiana committed this slaughter. Only six of the men were captured. Four of the six men that were captured were sentenced to a hanging because it was illegal to slaughter Native Americans in Indiana at this time.
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This bust is a piece of artwork by an American artist named Belle Kinney Scholz. You can see this bust by visiting the statehouse in Indianapolis.
This is a seven layer, single deck bridge that links Indiana to Kentucky.
This library is in honor of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., a native Indianapolis artist and writer. You can find this library in downtown Indianapolis.
This trail consists of 12 different monuments in honor of the pioneer women’s spirit in the United States. Each of these 12 monuments can be found along the National Old Trails Road. The monument in Indiana can be found in Richmond.
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This is yet another bridge connecting Indiana to Kentucky.
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The Tippecanoe Battlefield Park monument serves as a preservation of the location where the Battle of Tippecanoe took place in November of 1811.
This beautiful and massive monument is part of monument circle in downtown Indianapolis.
This is a memorial in honor of everyone who has earned a Medal of Honor. The memorial was originally unveiled on May 28, 1999 which was a Memorial Day weekend.
This historic site is in honor of 24 settlers who were massacred by Indians just after the War of 1812 started. You can find this historic site right between Henryville and Scottsburg, Indiana. It is also near Underwood, Indiana.
You can find this very beautiful memorial opera hall in Valparaiso, Indiana where it was constructed in 1893.
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You can find this memorial in West Lafayette, Indiana as part of the Purdue campus. The memorial was opened in 1924. It is in honor of students of the University who fought in World War I.
This list only begins to scratch the surface on some of the monuments and memorials you can find if you take a trip around Indiana. Which one from this list is your favorite? Maybe you have a favorite not listed? We’d love to know!
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