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DAY ONE Only Washington, D.C. dedicates
more acreage to honoring our nation’s fallen than Indianapolis, so begin your itinerary with a morning Memorial Tour offered by Indiana Landmarks or the Indiana War Memorial Museum. The Soldiers & Sailors Monument is an impressive obelisk tower that rises 284 feet above Memorial Circle. Topped by a bronze statue of Victory and flanked
on each corner by sculptures that represent the infantry, cavalry, artillery and navy, the memorial honors veterans of every major American conflict through the Spanish-American War. Visitors can climb 331 steps or take the elevator for unparalleled views of downtown Indy. Other stops on your tour will be American Legion Mall, the Cenotaph (dedicated to the first American casualty of World
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War I) and the USS Indianapolis Memorial (which is shaped like the cruiser before it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1945). Continue along the Indiana Central Canal, a pedestrian-friendly waterway that passes by many of the city’s cultural institutions. Spend your afternoon at the Indiana State Museum, a three-story complex of permanent and changing exhibits that honor the Hoosier State’s past and future. Discover how the Potawatomi people used stars for navigation in “First Nations: The Story of Indiana’s Founding People,” engage with on-staff scientists at the R.B. Annis Naturalist’s Lab and walk through a subglacial ice tunnel in “Frozen Reign: A State of Change.” Across the canal is the NCAA Hall of Champions, a multistory celebration of college athletics that represents all 24 sports with interactive exhibits, a trivia
