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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 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]
In 1876 Colonel Eli Lilly opened a new pharmaceutical laboratory on Indianapolis's Pearl Street, founding what later became Eli Lilly and Company. [79] The Union Railroad Transfer and Stock Yards Company, another major employer, opened in 1877. [80] After the war, Indianapolis continued to develop into a transportation hub.
Pages in category "Military and war museums in Indiana" ... Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum; E. ... USS Indianapolis Museum
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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis; Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum; E. Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art; H. ... Indianapolis Museum of Art; N.
Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum, Indianapolis, closed; collection acquired by Indiana War Memorial Museum; Corvette Classics Museum, Fort Wayne [41] [42] Dream Car Museum, Evansville; Forest Discovery Center, Starlight, closed in 2009 [43] Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum, Mishawaka, closed in 2020; Hoosier Air Museum, Auburn, closed in 2019