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Vaughan v. Williams

Singleton Vaughan, a Missouri slaveholder, purchased Sam, Mariah, and their child from a slave trader in 1836. In 1837, with help from the Underground Railroad, the enslaved family escaped from… Read More »Vaughan v. Williams

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War divided Indianapolis as no conflict had since the Civil War. The city experienced its first antiwar demonstrations in 1964 when police arrested 20 marchers on Monument Circle.… Read More »Vietnam War

Visit of Chinese Prince Pu Lun

In May 1904, Prince Pu Lun, twice rumored to be heir to the Manchu throne, visited Indianapolis for 10 days on his trip to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St.… Read More »Visit of Chinese Prince Pu Lun

Visit of Father Alessandro Gavazzi

After the fall of Rome to French troops in 1849, former Catholic priest and Italian patriot Gavazzi escaped to England where he began a vigorous campaign against the Catholic Church… Read More »Visit of Father Alessandro Gavazzi

Visit of Louis Kossuth

During the United States tour of Louis (Lajos) Kossuth, exiled leader of Hungary’s failed attempt to escape the Austro-Hungarian Alliance, Indiana’s Governor Joseph Wright issued the first invitation to visit… Read More »Visit of Louis Kossuth

Visits of Abraham Lincoln

President-elect Lincoln’s trip to Washington, D.C., in February 1861, for his inauguration as chief executive was a “progress” rather than a quiet journey. The railroads that controlled the Springfield, Illinois,… Read More »Visits of Abraham Lincoln

Whitcomb v. Chavis

In 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a 1969 U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision that had declared that a 1965 Indiana reapportionment statute for state legislative seats diluted… Read More »Whitcomb v. Chavis

White River Park State Games

In July 1983, Indiana held the first annual White River Park State Games, cosponsored by the White River State Park Development Commission and the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and… Read More »White River Park State Games

World War I

Indianapolis experienced profound changes during World War I. The societal transformation was marked by widespread community service and patriotism, cultural intolerance and discrimination, and an overall spirit of purpose and… Read More »World War I

World War II

Although one author declared Indianapolis “among the best prepared” cities in America when war came, it is doubtful that it was any more ready for the outbreak of World War… Read More »World War II

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