Looking south from the steps of Indianapolis Public Library, the American Legion Mall occupies two city blocks surrounded by American Legion headquarter buildings and offices. The park was built in 1931 to pay tribute to Hoosiers who died in war. It also remembers the nation’s first casualty of World War I, James Bethal Gresham of Evansville, IN. The tomb for James Bethal Gresham is surrounded by four art-deco pillars topped with gold eagles.
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