Memory bank: Dedicating a monument
Thousands of onlookers gathered on May 15, 1902, on Monument Circle for the dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. In this photo, Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley reads a poem. Author Lew Wallace, also a Hoosier, was master of ceremonies. The monument was constructed between 1887 and 1902. Bruno Schmitz of Berlin, Germany, was […]