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The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is 284 ft 6 in., minus 30 feet for Victory — that still leaves Indianapolis 18-and-a-half feet ahead, assuming you consider a monolith of limestone to fall ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Monument Circle is in the center of downtown Indianapolis, and at the center of Monument Circle is what many consider the city’s heart — the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is 284 ft 6 in., minus 30 feet for Victory — that still leaves Indianapolis 18-and-a-half feet ahead, assuming you consider a monolith of limestone to fall ...
INDIANAPOLIS — More work is being done to clean up and update the historic Soldiers and Sailors Monument downtown. This is all part of a multi-year restoration project with the goal of wrapping ...
The history of Indianapolis' iconic Soldiers and Sailors Monument includes some stories that have turned into legends. J. Stewart Goodwin, executive director of the Indiana War Memorials ...
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis has won National Historic Landmark status. The 115-year-old limestone tower and its grounds were named to the National Historic Landmarks ...
INDIANAPOLIS (May 20, 2015) — Officials are hoping to have repair work on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis completed by the end of June. Scaffolding has been up around ...
INDIANAPOLIS — A major section of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument will close next week so crews can restore and repair the monument. 13News was told the first sign that there were issues was when ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The National Park Service has added two Indiana spots to its list of National Historic Landmarks. The Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Indianapolis and the West ...
INDIANAPOLIS — In Indianapolis, the Friday after Thanksgiving marks the official kickoff to the Christmas season. The towering Soldiers and Sailors Monument is beautifully lit with tens of thousands ...
Officials say repairs to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis won't be done before this May's Indianapolis 500 activities as hoped. Crews repairing and restoring bronze ...
The Indianapolis Fire Department was called out on Wednesday morning to help a mother duck and her babies who climbed into the pools at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. A few of the ducklings ...