George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes, Indiana, circa 1940

Subjects: Monuments & Memorials Patriotic
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes, Indiana, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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The linen-textured card shows the circular colonnaded George Rogers Clark Memorial at Vincennes, Indiana, beside the Wabash River, with the caption noting it was erected on the site of Fort Sackville. The memorial commemorates George Rogers Clark's 1779 Revolutionary War campaign and the capture of Fort Sackville, an important step in securing the Northwest Territory. Completed in the 1930s, it is now part of George Rogers Clark National Historical Park.

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PublisherA. A. Arnold

NATIONALLY FAMED GEORGE ROGERS CLARK MEMORIAL, VINCENNES, IND. ERECTED ON SITE OF FORT SACKVILLE. COST WITH SURROUNDINGS $2,500,000 6A-H952 --- THE GEORGE ROGERS CLARK MEMORIAL in Vincennes commemorates the winning of the old Northwest by Col. Clark and his frontiersmen in the war of the American Revolution. Clark and his little heroic army composed of about 170 men captured old Ft. Sackville here and caused the British to sur- render on the morning of February 25, 1779, more than two and a half years prior to the surrender of Cornwallis to George Washington at Yorktown. The memorial was erected by the federal government and with the land sur- rounding involves an expenditure of over $2,500,000. Clark's achievement opened the way west to the Pacific. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO 'C.T. ART-COLORTONE' POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) A. A. ARNOLD, VINCENNES, IND.

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Publisher	A. A. Arnold
Series	6A-H952
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes, IN
Publisher	A. A. Arnold, Vincennes, IN
Notes	Linen texture; white border. No postmark. Divided back; linen texture; white border; Curteich C.T. Art-Colortone; A. A. Arnold, Vincennes, Ind. Pencil price top right; light wear.

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George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes, Indiana, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/george-rogers-clark-memorial-vincennes-indiana-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.