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2. Evansville Wartime Museum - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, Evansville was the site of a Republic Aviation factory that built Republic P-47 Thunderbolts. [1]Plans to obtain an aircraft for display in the city began as early as 1986, when a former supervisor at the plant, Frank Whetsel, purchased the wreckage of a P-47D, serial number 42-8320, that had crashed in Lake Kerr in Florida and founded the P-47 Heritage Commission.

3. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum - Wikipedia

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   The Spirit of 1916, on the right, shows the reflective elderly veterans of the Civil War. [3] Once considered the premier location for events in Evansville, the Coliseum was seen as dated and small when Roberts Municipal Stadium was built in the mid-1950s. When a push for "urban renewal" involving demolitions occurred in the city, the Coliseum ...

4. History of Evansville, Indiana - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, Evansville was a major center of industrial production and, as a result, it helped wipe away the last lingering effects of the Depression. During the war employment jumped from 21,000 to 64,000 in just a few months. [21] People from around the tri-state area moved into the city to take advantage of the new employment ...

5. Here's a list of Memorial Day ceremonies in the Evansville ...

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6. Lincolnshire Historic District - Wikipedia

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   Lincolnshire Historic District is a national historic district located at Evansville, Indiana. The district developed after 1923, and encompasses 95 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Evansville. The district's homes have a mixture of Tudor Revival and Old and new World revival designs, including Colonial Revival. St.

7. Evansville, Indiana - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, Evansville was a major center of industrial production which helped revive the regional economy after the Great Depression. A huge, 45-acre shipyard complex was constructed on the riverfront east of St. Joseph Avenue for the production of oceangoing LSTs (Landing Ship-Tanks). The Evansville Shipyard was the nation's largest ...