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Stories of Service: Major Charity Adams

By: Hallie Frenzel On: January 31, 2023 Exhibit Backgrounder, Stories of Service Comments Disabled

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 […]

Shining A Light Holiday Projection

By: Hallie Frenzel On: November 18, 2022 Press Releases Comments Disabled

Shining A Light Holiday Projection

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Visit Monument Circle this holiday season to see the holiday projection of Shining A Light! You’ll be moved by the massive 360° coordinated audio, video and light projection that transforms Monument Circle into a life-size snow-globe! For generations, Monument Circle has been a hub of holiday festivities in Indianapolis. Together the Circle of Lights, in conjunction […]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day

By: Hallie Frenzel On: September 14, 2022 General Information, POW/MIA, Press Releases Comments Disabled

National POW/MIA Recognition Day

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The Indianapolis National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony, led annually by the Indianapolis POW/MIA Council, Inc., will be held Friday, September 16, 2022, 12:00 p.m., at the Indiana War Memorial, 55 East Michigan Street. The sacrifices of the service members who were prisoners of war and those who remain missing in action, will be honored and […]

Bricks of Honor

By: Hallie Frenzel On: August 17, 2022 Press Releases Comments Disabled

Bricks of Honor

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The Indiana War Memorials Foundation is proud to offer the Bricks of Honor Program. Since 2012 the Bricks of Honor program has provided a way for the Indiana community – both local and national – to give a lasting tribute that honors the service and memory of an individual American veteran. The bricks are installed […]

Stories of Service: The Life of Lucy Higgs Nichols

By: Hallie Frenzel On: February 07, 2022 General Information, Stories of Service Comments Disabled

Stories of Service: The Life of Lucy Higgs Nichols

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Lucy Higgs Nichols was an African American who escaped slavery and became a nurse for a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Read on to learn more about one of the unsung heroes of the Civil War known affectionately as “Aunt Lucy” by the 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment she served alongside. […]