Statue of George Rogers Clark in the Memorial, Vincennes, Indiana, circa 1935

Subjects: Monuments & Memorials Patriotic Public Figures
Card type: Linen

Back of Statue of George Rogers Clark in the Memorial, Vincennes, Indiana, circa 1935, Louisville, KY, USA, linen postcard — Back

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The heroic bronze figure of George Rogers Clark, hands resting on a sword, stands on a tall cylindrical pedestal within the memorial rotunda at Vincennes, Indiana; behind him a painted mural depicts soldiers of his 1779 campaign. The George Rogers Clark National Historical Park memorial was dedicated in 1933 on the site of Fort Sackville, whose capture from the British secured the Old Northwest for the United States. The statue is the work of sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil, and the surrounding murals are by Ezra Winter. The pedestal ring bears Clark's words about the Illinois country.

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PublisherA. A. Arnold

STATUE OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK IN MEMORIAL, VINCENNES, IND. STATUE IS MORE THAN NINE FEET IN HEIGHT --- THIS BRONZE STATUE OF COL. CLARK, the conquering hero of the Northwest, stands nine feet and two inches in height, supported on a circu- lar fluted marble pedestal and rests on a bronze plaque in the marble floor. There is a wreath of oak and laurel surrounding the pedestal. Clark was commissioned by Gov. Patrick Henry of Virginia to capture the British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia and was successful in this enterprise by taking both these towns in July, 1778; Vincennes February 25, 1779. He was born in Virginia 1752 and died in 1818. He is buried in the beautiful Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. A. A. ARNOLD, VINCENNES, IND. "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY CURT TEICH & CO., INC., CHICAGO POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE

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Publisher	A. A. Arnold
Series	6A-H953
Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Louisville, KY
Place mentioned	Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Place mentioned	VA
Place mentioned	Kaskaskia
Place mentioned	Cahokia
Notes	Linen-textured stock with white border; small stain at upper left; printed number 6A-H953 at lower right edge. No postmark. Undivided back with "THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY"; linen texture; white border; printed descriptive text; no handwritten message or address.

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Statue of George Rogers Clark in the Memorial, Vincennes, Indiana, circa 1935, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/statue-of-george-rogers-clark-in-the-memorial-vincennes-indi. Accessed October 24, 2026.