BGuthrie Photos: IN -- Indianapolis -- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

IN -- Indianapolis -- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial:

Bruce Guthrie Photos Home Page: [Click here] to go to Bruce Guthrie Photos home page.

Recognize anyone? If you recognize specific folks (or other stuff) and I haven't labeled them, please identify them for the world. Click the little pencil icon

underneath the file name (just above the picture). Spammers need not apply.

Copyrights: All pictures were taken by amateur photographer Bruce Guthrie (me!) who retains copyright on them. Free for non-commercial use with attribution. See the [Creative Commons] definition of what this means. "Photos (c) Bruce Guthrie" is fine for attribution. (Commercial use folks including AI scrapers can of course contact me.) Feel free to use in publications and pages with attribution but you don't have permission to sell the photos themselves. A free copy of any printed publication using any photographs is requested. Descriptive text, if any, is from a mixture of sources, quite frequently from signs at the location or from official web sites; copyrights, if any, are retained by their original owners.

Accessing as Spider: The system has identified your IP as being a spider.
IP Address: 18.218.38.125 -- Domain: Amazon Technologies
I love well-behaved spiders! They are, in fact, how most people find my site. Unfortunately, my network has a limited bandwidth and pictures take up bandwidth. Spiders ask for lots and lots of pages and chew up lots and lots of bandwidth which slows things down considerably for regular folk. To counter this, you'll see all the text on the page but the images are being suppressed. Also, some system options like merges are being blocked for you.
Note: Permission is NOT granted for spiders, robots, etc to use the site for AI-generation purposes. I'm sure you're thrilled by your ability to make revenue from my work but there's nothing in that for my human users or for me.
If you are in fact human, please email me at guthrie.bruce@gmail.com and I can check if your designation was made in error. Given your number of hits, that's unlikely but what the hell.

Help? The Medium (Email) links are for screen viewing and emailing. You'll want bigger sizes for printing. [Click here for additional help]

Share: Facebook Twitter Digg
[1] INDCW_070702_002.JPG	[2] INDCW_070702_005.JPG	[3] INDCW_070702_009.JPG
[4] INDCW_070702_012.JPG	[5] INDCW_070702_016.JPG	[6] INDCW_070702_019.JPG
[7] INDCW_070702_026.JPG	[8] INDCW_070702_029.JPG	[9] INDCW_070702_036.JPG
[10] INDCW_070702_039.JPG	[11] INDCW_070702_045.JPG	[12] INDCW_070702_048.JPG
[13] INDCW_070702_052.JPG	[14] INDCW_070702_054.JPG	[15] INDCW_070702_056.JPG
[16] INDCW_070702_060.JPG	[17] INDCW_070702_063.JPG	[18] INDCW_070702_071.JPG
[19] INDCW_070702_072.JPG	[20] INDCW_070702_076.JPG	[21] INDCW_070702_084.JPG
[22] INDCW_070702_087.JPG	[23] INDCW_070702_093.JPG	[24] INDCW_070702_095.JPG
[25] INDCW_070702_103.JPG	[26] INDCW_070702_108.JPG	[27] INDCW_070702_111.JPG
[28] INDCW_070702_114.JPG	[29] INDCW_070702_116.JPG	[30] INDCW_070702_123.JPG
[31] INDCW_070702_129.JPG	[32] INDCW_070702_135.JPG	[33] INDCW_070702_137.JPG
[34] INDCW_070702_143.JPG	[35] INDCW_070702_146.JPG	[36] INDCW_070702_150.JPG

Wikipedia Description: Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a 284-feet tall neoclassical oolitic limestone and bronze monument in the center of Indianapolis, Indiana (and Marion County, Indiana). It was erected to honor Hoosiers who were veterans of the American Revolution, territorial conflicts that partially led up to the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the US Civil War. It was designed by German architect Bruno Schmitz, and was completed in 1901. In addition to its external commemorative statuary and fountains, the basement of the monument is the Colonel Eli Lilly Museum, a museum of Indiana history during the American Civil War. There is also an observation deck that can be reached by stairs for free or by elevator for a $1.00 charge.

The monument lies within Monument Circle. The circle did not always host a monument. Originally, it was designated Governor's Circle for the Governor's residence which stood in the center of the brick traffic circle. The outside of the circle is today surrounded by small retail shops, including the South Bend Chocolate Factory, studios for several local radio stations, the Hilbert Circle Theatre (home of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra), financial institutions, the Columbia Club (one of the oldest social clubs of Indianapolis), and a historic Episcopal Cathedral. The circle is the standard symbol of the city of Indianapolis, and the city's flag is an iconic representation of Monument Circle and the two streets (Meridian and Market) that feed into and out of it. One of Indy's recognizable nicknames, "the Circle City" comes from Monument Circle. At one time, it was illegal to build any building taller than the monument within Indianapolis city limits, although there are now many skyscrapers exceeding its size.

The poem America, Messiah of Nations was written by James Whitcomb Riley for the dedication of the monument and was transformed into a march by John Philip Sousa. Both Riley and Sousa performed the poem and march at the dedication ceremonies.

Though the fountains are not intended for swimming, the city's children rushed into them as part of celebrations for VE day. The announcement of Victory in Europe brought hundreds to the circle and many dove into the fountains. On a much lighter note, the monument served as a spontaneous gathering place for revelers after the Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl XLI.

Because of its status as a meeting place in the center of the city, several public activities and festivals are scheduled at or near the monument. It is used as a venue for an annual outdoor art display with an Indianapolis 500 theme. During June it plays host to the Chrysler Concourse Grand Prix, a mainstay of the formula one celebrations in Indianapolis.

Every Christmas season the monument is decorated as an enormous Christmas tree. This city tradition is known as the Circle of Lights and has been done annually since 1962. The actual tree lighting ceremony is held the day after Thanksgiving. The decoration of the monument uses 4,784 lights and 52 strands of garland. More than 100,000 people attend the ceremony and the event is televised to an even larger audience.
Bigger photos? To save server space, the full-sized versions of these images have either not been loaded to the server or have been removed from the server. (Only some pages are loaded with full-sized images and those usually get removed after three months.) I still have them though. If you want me to email them to you, please send an email to guthrie.bruce@gmail.com and I can email them to you, or, depending on the number of images, just repost the page again will the full-sized images.
Connection Not Secure messages? Those warnings you get from your browser about this site not having secure connections worry some people. This means this site does not have SSL installed (the link is http:, not https:). That's bad if you're entering credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal information. But this site doesn't collect any personal information so SSL is not necessary. Life's good!
Photo Contact: [Email Bruce Guthrie].