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The "Silent Victors" Found a Voice:
There was a time -- before an impressive limestone obelisk was built in Circle Park in the center of town -- before "Miss Victory" and "the Circle" were symbols of the city -- when Indianapolis was the hub of Indiana politics and commerce. Before construction crews and stone-cutters and architects created it, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument was an idea in the minds and hearts of the people who remembered the Civil War... |