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- [Voiceover] This Indiana
Bicentennial Minute

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is made possible by the
Indiana Historical Society

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and the law firm of Krieg|Devault.

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- [Jane Pauley] What
started as an idea during

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the Civil War grew into
a 284-foot monument.

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The first in our country
dedicated to the common soldier.

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The Indiana State Soldiers
and Sailors monument

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is today, the focal point of Indianapolis.

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Lt. George Langsdale, the
editor of the Greencastle Banner

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and a Civil War veteran,
presented a plan in 1875,

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and 12 years later, the general
assembly agreed to fund it.

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A design contest was won by
German architect Bruno Schmitz.

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It took 13 years to build out of Indiana

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limestone and cost almost $600,000.

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Atop the monument, a 38-foot bronze statue

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crowned with an eagle, her
official name is Victory,

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but many call her Miss Indiana.

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I'm Jane Pauley, with this
Indiana Bicentennial Minute.

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- [Voiceover] Made possible
by the Indiana Historical

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Society and the law firm of Krieg|Devault.