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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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Shining A Light Holiday Projection

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 […]
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National POW/MIA Recognition Day

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 […]
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Stories of Service: The Life of Lucy Higgs Nichols

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.   […]
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