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Cenotaph Square in the American Legion Mall

Completed: 1931

Cenotaph Square pays tribute to Hoosiers who have died in war.

It also remembers the nation’s first casualty of World War I ,  James Bethal Gresham of Evansville, IN.

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AMERICAN LEGION MALL: The American Legion Mall (ALM) extends from St. Clair Street to North Street between Meridian and Pennsylvania Streets. On the east side is the American Legion National headquarters [completed 1950], and on the west side is the headquarters of the American Legion’s Department of Indiana [completed 1925]. Looking to the south from St. Clair Street, the visitor sees the solemn grounds of the Cenotaph in the foreground.

CENOTAPH SQUARE In 1931, Cenotaph Square / Sunken Garden was built on the north part of the American Legion Mall to pay tribute to Hoosiers who have died in war. It also remembers the nation’s first casualty of World War I, Corporal James B. Gresham of Company F, 16th Infantry and Evansville Indiana. In the background rise the World War II, Korean, and Vietnam memorials on the flanks with Veteran’s Plaza and the World War Memorial anchoring the vista at its southern end.

American Legion Mall is part of Indiana War Memorial Plaza Historic District.
INDIANA WAR MEMORIAL PLAZA HISTORIC DISTRICT: Soldiers and Sailors Monument, University Park, Indiana War Memorial, Veteran’s Memorial Plaza, American Legion Mall, USS Indianapolis Memorial and Indiana World War Memorial.

 

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Published by Jyoti Srivastava
Image copyright © Jyoti Srivastava.

 

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