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,… 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… 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… 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 Development Commission and the… 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… 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… Read More »World War II
