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Soldiers and Sailors Monument – Indianapolis – Indiana

August 3, 2022 0 Comments

Soldiers and Sailors Monument - Indianapolis - Indiana

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Soldiers and Sailors Monument located in Monument Circle in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is part of the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza National Historic Landmark District. Built in 1902 it stands more than 284 ft tall. It pays tribute to veterans of the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, the Mexican-American War, and the Spanish-American War. The obelisk-shaped monument is built of oolitic limestone from Owen County, Indiana. Architecturally it is considered neoclassical in design.

The monument includes sculptures of George Rogers Clark, William Henry Harrison, James Whitcomb, and Oliver P. Morton.

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American Legion Mall at Sunset – Indianapolis – Indiana

July 10, 2022 0 Comments

American Legion Mall at Sunset - Indianapolis - Indiana

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The American Legion Mall at Sunset in Indianapolis, Indiana. The cenotaph seen in the foreground memorializes the nation’s first casualty of World War I, Corporal James B. Gresham of Company F, 16th Infantry and Evansville Indiana. Extending out further are memorials to World War II, Korea and Vietnam. As well as the World War Memorial.

The American Legion is a non-profit organization dedicated to U.S. war veterans, whose headquarters border the American Legion Mall. The organization was formed in 1919 in Paris, France.

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Satterwhite Memorial Temple at Cave Hill Cemetery – Louisville – Kentucky

June 25, 2022 0 Comments

Satterwhite Memorial Temple at Cave Hill Cemetery - Louisville - Kentucky

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The monument is a copy of Marie Antoinette’s Temple of Love, in the gardens at the Palace of Versailles in Paris. It was dedicated to Florence Brokaw Martin Satterwhite, who died in 1927, by her husband Preston Pope Satterwhite, a wealthy surgeon.

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