January 31, 2023
Stories of Service: Major Charity Adams
Early Life Charity Adams was born on December 5, 1918 in Kittrell, North Carolina. She…
February 7, 2022
Stories of Service: The Life of Lucy Higgs Nichols
Lucy Higgs Nichols was an African American who escaped slavery and became a nurse for…
June 29, 2021
General John J. Pershing
A brief history of the highest decorated U.S. General and the auditorium that still holds…
May 3, 2021
Gold Star Families Memorial Monument
In April 2021, the Indiana War Memorials Commission broke ground on the first monument constructed…
February 17, 2021
Celebrating One of Indiana’s Own: Tuskegee Airman Arthur Lloyd Carter
As World War II began in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt—under pressure from the NAACP…
January 27, 2021
The Congressional Gold Medal Award
The Congressional Gold Medal Award On July 30, 2020, the United States Congress awarded the…
November 17, 2020
Indiana Never Forgets
September 11, 2001. It is a date that we mark and remember every September—one that…
November 11, 2020
The History of Veterans Day
Today we commemorate Veterans Day—a day set aside annually to honor and thank all those…
