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Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army post located in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, between 1906 and 1991. It is named for the 23rd United States president, Benjamin Harrison.
At Fort Harrison, landscape and history blend together in this unique setting on the northeast side of Indianapolis. The 1,700-acre park features walking and jogging trails, picnic sites, fishing access to Fall Creek, and two national historic districts.
Fort Harrison, sometimes called Fort Ben, [2] is an Indiana state park located in Lawrence, Indiana, United States, and occupies part of the former site of Fort Benjamin Harrison. The park features a former Citizen's Military Training Camp, Civilian Conservation Corps camp, and World War II prisoner of war camp.
Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army installation established June 28, 1904, in Lawrence Township. Shortly after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War of 1898, Secretary of War Elihu Root, with the local guidance of Lieutenant Colonel Russell B. Harrison, helped to relocate the U.S. Arsenal situated in downtown Indianapolis.
North of 56th Street at Post Road, Indianapolis For a time in the ’30s, Fort Benjamin Harrison served as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, and during World War II, it housed, at various times, German and Italian prisoners of war.
Item 325. MONTHLY CATALOG NUMBER: gp 85004215. The establishment of Fort Benjamin Harrison -- Fort Benjamin Harrison: home of Infantry Regiments, 1906-1917 -- The World War I Era: 1917-1919 -- Between the wars: 1920-1940 -- World War II and the Post War Era: 1940-1950 -- Reestablishing Fort Benjamin Harrison: 1950-1957 -- The coming of the Army ...
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Located in Lawrence Township, Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park is about 12 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis and is a 1,700-acre park consisting of the largest forest in Central Indiana.
The Friends of Fort Harrison State Park is a 501c3 devoted to protecting and preserving Fort Harrison State Park. While Fort Benjamin Harrison has existed since 1906, Fort Harrison has only been a state park since 1996.
During World War II it became the largest reception center in the United States and literally thousands of young draftees earned their first taste of Army life at Fort Benjamin Harrison. For a short period, from 1948 to 1950, the facility functioned as Benjamin Harrison Air Force Base.