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10/09/2026

We’re happy to share that our Sarah Parke Morrison marker has been replaced and was reinstalled in August along N. Shelby St. between Salem High School and Ascension St. Vincent Salem Hospital in Salem (Washington County). The marker was damaged in 2025.

Morrison challenged Indiana University to admit women on equal terms as men in 1867. She became IU’s first female student that year, its first female graduate in 1869, and by 1874, the first female professor at IU when she became an Adjunct Professor of English Literature.

Thank you to the Indiana University Foundation and Washington County Tourism Commission for helping to fund the replacement. We’d also like to thank the IU Office of the Bicentennial for their support of the original marker and Jeremy Elliott and Tanner Terrell for their work on both markers.

Learn more about Morrison’s career with our Untold Indiana blog post: https://bit.ly/37xRXVp
The image of the marker is courtesy of the John Hay Center.

10/07/2026

On May 12, a new marker commemorating Eli Lilly and Company and its far-reaching contributions to medical science and healthcare was unveiled at the Lilly Event Center as part of Lilly’s 150th anniversary programming. We’re excited to share that the marker was installed late this summer at 30 S. Meridian St near the site of Lilly’s original laboratory.

Thank you to Dave Ricks, Lilly chair and CEO, and Mayor Joe Hogsett for dedicating the marker on-site on August 10. We’d also like to thank Heritage Werks for spearheading the marker and the planning committee at Lilly and Company for organizing both events.

Photos courtesy of Eli Lilly and Company.

10/06/2026

In August, we traveled to DeMotte (Jasper County) for the unveiling and dedication of a new marker commemorating longtime U.S. Congressman Charles Halleck. For over thirty years in the mid-1900s, Halleck played an instrumental role in shaping federal legislation, serving for a time as House Majority Leader and House Minority Leader. He was involved in landmarks measures, including the Taft-Hartley Act, the Marshall Plan, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Thank you to the Jasper County Historical Society, Jasper Newton Foundation, Town of DeMotte, and Kankakee Valley High School for all their work on this marker.

10/05/2026

We’ve commemorated three new markers this year highlighting Hoosiers’ military service over the years. They have included markers for Revolutionary War soldier Major George Slaughter in Charlestown (Clark County), Civil War soldier Lt. Col. William Swaim in Ossian (Wells County), and most recently, for 1st Lt. Gerry Kisters in Bloomington (Monroe County), who served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

In 1943, Kisters destroyed a German artillery piece and crew in Tunisia. Soon after in Sicily, he was injured while capturing enemy machine gun emplacements. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Medal of Honor for these actions, becoming the first soldier to receive both awards during World War II. The Monroe County airport was named Kisters Field in his honor.

We’d like to recognize the family of Gerry Kisters, the Monroe County Airport, the Monroe County History Center, former Monroe County Historian Glenda Murray, and current Monroe County Historian Dave Nord for their work on the marker which was dedicated on August 28th.

10/02/2026

In September 2025, we had the pleasure of attending a program on George Knox with several members of his family at the James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home and Museum in Hancock County. We’re excited to share that a historical marker commemorating Knox and his contributions in business, politics, education, and arts and media was completed this spring and was recently installed and dedicated along US-40 near Greenfield City Hall.

After escaping slavery, Knox settled in Indiana and opened a barbershop in Greenfield in the 1860s. He helped found an A.M.E. church and Sunday school for Black residents before moving to Indianapolis and becoming prominent in politics. He served as owner and publisher of the Indianapolis Freeman for many years.

Thank you to the James Whitcomb Riley Home and Museum for spearheading the project, George Knox’s descendants who flew in to attend the programs, and Hancock County Tourism for funding the marker.

Photos are courtesy of marker applicant Marissa Purcell.

10/01/2026

In September, we helped dedicate a new marker in Cayuga commemorating the Peeyankihšiaki (Piankashaw Tribe) who established a village near the confluence of the Wabash and Vermillion rivers. The Piankashaw lived, hunted, and traded in this region until removal policies of the United States and settler violence forced them to leave their home in the early 19th century and relocate, first to Kansas and later to Oklahoma. In 1854, the Piankashaw united with other related tribes to form what is today the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

We want to thank the Vermillion County Heritage Alliance for spearheading this project and the Vermillion County Commissioners and Council for their support. We also want to recognize the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and the former Indiana Native American Indian Affairs Commission for their assistance with the marker text. The new marker is located at the Vermillion County Fairgrounds and is our seventh state historical marker to be installed in the county.

09/30/2026

As we close out the month of September, we are excited to share that we’ve had six new historical markers installed across Indiana over the last two months. Most recently, we helped dedicate a marker commemorating attorney and policy expert Benjamin Cohen last week in Delaware County. A Muncie native, Cohen was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Brain Trust” in the 1930s and was a leading figure in New Deal legislation and international policy during and post-World War II. He promoted the creation of the State of Israel and helped draft the United Nations Charter and civil rights legislation.

The new marker is located along the north side of W. Seymour St., between S. High St. and S. Walnut St. in downtown Muncie. Thank you to the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, the Indiana Jewish Historical Society, and the Delaware County Historical Society for spearheading this project and planning the dedication. This is the third marker the Indiana Jewish Historical Society has undertaken in the last five years. Other markers commemorate James Grover McDonald (in Albany) and the Gimbel Brothers’ Department Store (in Vincennes).

07/04/2026

Happy Independence Day! As we celebrate America’s 250th, we want to thank everyone who has helped preserve our state and nation’s history over the years! We are thankful to all those who have applied for or sponsored markers, attended dedications, or helped survey or repaint markers! Learn about some of the people, places, events, and organizations that have helped shape Indiana and the U.S. at https://www.in.gov/history/state-historical-markers/find-a-marker/find-historical-markers-by-county/indiana-historical-markers-by-county/

Photo taken at the dedication of the Major George Slaughter state historical marker in Charlestown (Clark County) last month.

07/01/2026

Reminder! There's still one week left to submit an application for the 2026-2027 Indiana state historical marker cycle!

Learn more about the process and download copies of the application at: https://www.in.gov/history/state-historical-markers/apply-for-a-marker/

06/26/2026

Registration is now open for the Indiana Constitutional Symposium, a special event commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the Indiana Constitution of 1851, organized by the Indiana Archives and Records Administration.

📅 Thursday, November 5, 2026
📍 Indiana State Archives -- New Downtown Location – 350 W. Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
✏️Register now at https://forms.gle/eB2TPLM384EeE1n49

The symposium will bring together legal professionals, judges, historians, educators, students, and community partners for a daylong program of lightning talks, roundtable discussion, workshops, student essays, and a keynote speech delivered by Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush.

Visit the symposium website for additional details including the Call for Participation: https://bit.ly/4tDudGJ

We hope you will join this milestone commemoration of Indiana's constitutional heritage.

Partners include the Indiana State Archives, Indiana University McKinney School of Law, the Indiana Law Review, the Indianapolis Bar Association's Rule of Law Committee, the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Historical Bureau, the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, and the Quill Project (Pembroke College, Oxford and Utah Valley University).

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