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In December 2021, the Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum reopened in new quarters in the War Memorial building. The museum had formerly been housed for almost 20 years three blocks south in the basement of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, but water leakage there forced the removal of all artifacts in 2018. The War Memorial space is larger ...
Eli Lilly (July 8, 1838 – June 6, 1898) was a Union Army officer, pharmacist, chemist, and businessman who founded Eli Lilly and Company. Lilly enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War and recruited a company of men to serve with him in the 18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery .
The 18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, also known as Lilly's Hoosier Battery and Lilly's Battery, was a civil war regiment formed in Indiana during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed at the end of 1860 by 22-year-old Eli Lilly, an Indianapolis pharmacist. He had recruitment posters placed around the city and ...
The monument also houses a gift shop. The monument's basement formerly housed the Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum, but water leakage in 2018 forced the museum to be moved to the Indiana War Memorial building. [54] In 2019, 369,104 guests visited the monument. [55]
Pages in category "Military and war museums in Indiana" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum; E.
Eli Lilly. Colonel Eli Lilly founded his pharmaceutical corporation in 1876 and headquartered in Indianapolis. The company introduced the first commercial insulin in 1923 and produced Prozac and ...
Pages in category "Museums in Indianapolis" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum; E.
Clabber Girl Museum, Terre Haute, closed in 2021 [38] "Collectible Classics" Car Museum, Hagerstown, closed notice; College Football Hall of Fame, South Bend, closed in 2012 [39] and reopened in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2014 [40] Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum, Indianapolis, closed; collection acquired by Indiana War Memorial Museum