George Rogers Clark National Historic Park, Vincennes, IN

George Rogers Clark National Historic Park in Vincennes, IN was erected in honor of an American colonel who, with the aid of French residents, overtook Fort Sackville and kept the British from controlling the new territory that we now call the Midwest.  The soldiers marched for days in bogs of freezing water in order to make a surprise attack on the fort and keep British reinforcements from arriving.  The memorial is beautiful on the outside and on the inside.  The inside contains 7 murals that tell the story of George Rogers Clark and there is also a statue of Clark displayed there.  The outside is impressively decorated with polished granite. The memorial was completed in 1933.  There is a river that runs near the memorial which makes for a lovely place to take a stroll.