Exhibit Backgrounder

Stories of Service: Major Charity Adams

Early Life  Charity Adams was born on December 5, 1918 in Kittrell, North Carolina. She grew up in Columbia, South Carolina until moving to Ohio to continue her education at Wilberforce University where she majored in mathematics, Latin, physics. In 1938 she graduated and moved back to Columbia where she taught math and science in […]
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Meet Jennifer Watson the Indiana War Memorials Collections Manager

Over the coming months, we’re highlighting our staff at the Indiana War Memorials. Our dedicated team is passionate about honoring Hoosier veterans and sharing their stories of valor and sacrifice. With that in mind, it seems only fitting that our first staff feature is on Collections Manager Jennifer Watson. Jennifer came to us in May […]
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Covering Veterans with Love

Today, we share Five Questions with… Luonna Lancaster. Luonna is the Volunteer Manager with Kindred Hospice and works with a group of ladies in Shelbyville called the Stitchin’ Sisters. These amazing ladies make magnificent quilts for veterans in hospice care.  The quilts are made with love, personalized with the veteran’s branch of service, and become a […]
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