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IN HR0037

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

3/16/2017

Primary Sponsor

Dennis Zent

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes the Soldiers Monument in Angola as a Civil War monument honoring Steuben County's military service and support for armed forces

  • Documents that Steuben County furnished more men for the Civil War in proportion to its eligible male population than any other Indiana county

  • Monument construction was approved by Steuben County voters in 1916 and by county commissioners in July of that year

  • Monument displays 1,278 names of Steuben County men who enlisted during the Civil War, with special recognition of 280 men who died in service

  • Monument features soldier statues at its corners representing the four military branches of the Civil War era: Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, and Navy

Legislative Description

Recognizing the history of the Soldiers Monument, a Civil War monument at Angola.

Last Action

First reading: adopted voice vote

3/16/2017

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