George Rogers Clark National Historic Park in Vincennes Indiana
On February 25, 1779, Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark, older brother of William Clark, led the capture of Fort Sackville and British Lt. Governor Henry Hamilton as part of the celebrated Illinois Campaign, which lasted from 1778 to 1779. The heroic march of Clark's men from Kaskaskia on the Mississippi River in mid-winter and the subsequent victory over the British remains one of the most memorable feats of the American Revolution.
In 1966, Indiana transferred the site to the National Park Service. Adjacent to the memorial is a visitor center which presents interpretive programs and displays. The center is situated on South 2nd Street in Vincennes. The site is located in the Vincennes Historic District. It is located at 401 S 2nd St, Vincennes, IN 47591.
George Rogers Clark National Historic Park
The memorial building is a circular granite structure surrounded by sixteen granite fluted Greek Doric columns in a peripteral colonnade, capped with a saucer dome of glass panels and resting on a stylobate.
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
George Rogers Clark National Historic Park
The memorial building is a circular granite structure surrounded by sixteen granite fluted Greek Doric columns in a peripteral colonnade, capped with a saucer dome of glass panels and resting on a stylobate.
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Virgin Mary Memorial
Erected by Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Fritch in memory of their parents.
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Virgin Mary Memorial
Erected by Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Fritch in memory of their parents.
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Statue of Father Pierre Gibault
The adjacent grounds of the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier hold a 1934 bronze statue by Albin Polasek honoring Father Pierre Gibault, another figure in the Revolutionary War.
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
George Rogers Clark National Historic Park/Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
George Rogers Clark National Historic Park
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
George Rogers Clark National Historic Park
The memorial building is a circular granite structure surrounded by sixteen granite fluted Greek Doric columns in a peripteral colonnade, capped with a saucer dome of glass panels and resting on a stylobate.
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Site of Ferry Landing/Lincoln Memorial Bridge
From this place in the year 1850, Abraham Lincoln crossed the Wabash River to Illinois.
Raoul Josset designed the Lincoln Memorial Bridge across the Wabash River to compliment the memorial aesthetically. It includes relief carvings designed by a monument by Nellie Walker on the Illinois side of the bridge and celebrates the migration of Abraham Lincoln.George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Statue by John Angel dedicated to Francis Vigo
John Angel's granite statue of Francis Vigo, a 4-by-9-foot (1.2 by 2.7 m) monument overlooking the Wabash River erected in 1934 that honors the Italian-American merchant who assisted General Clark.
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019
George Rogers Clark National Historic Park
The memorial building is a circular granite structure surrounded by sixteen granite fluted Greek Doric columns in a peripteral colonnade, capped with a saucer dome of glass panels and resting on a stylobate.
George Rogers Clark National Historic ParkVincennes IndianaJune 19 2019