INDIANAPOLIS - Where South meets Midwest

[a rare bird]

Originally Posted by SouthByMidwest

It's on a monument in the Vietnam memorial park downtown, shown in full in #44.

Cheers

[a rare bird]

Originally Posted by MayDay

Great photos - I visited Indianapolis in 2011 and there were a lot of things I *liked* but the War Memorial Plaza area really made an impression. Some parts were grand and monumental and as a rare bird noticed, very intimate and poignant - this guy wrote a letter just before Christmas in 1967 and didn't make it to Thanksgiving of the next year:



If you ever get to go back, you HAVE to go inside the Memorial Museum and see the Shrine Room, it's breathtaking.

I once visited a a local museum in a small town outside of London; in Essex i think. In a cabinet there was an unopened letter. It had been delivered to the parents of a young soldier killed during WWI. the letter sat unopened on the mantelpiece above the fire for the rest of their lives. I have never forgotten it. Very sad.

[westak]

Another one of my favorite cities! Great job capturing it.

[Austinlee]

Downtown looks solid as hell. I gotta get out to this city someday.

[SouthByMidwest]

I'd like to ride a bike around the cultural trail sometime. While most cities have bike trails, Indy's is a real way to actually get around the city.

[Ex-Ithacan]

Dandy tour of an oft overlooked city. I've spent some fun times there, and would love to get back there again.

I bet this place was quite the spot back in the day:




Thanks for the tour.

[OfCourse]

Thanks for sharing. I've always wanted to visit Indy. I'll make myself go soon.

[george]

Well done, bummer the Detour went under.

[Wheelingman04]

You captured Indy's beautiful downtown very well.

[volguus zildrohar]

I remember Indianapolis well.

Nice shots.