Like many cities large and small, Indianapolis has, at it's heart, a monument. The monument is actually called the Soldiers and Sailors monument, and is a tribute to the Hoosiers who served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Frontiers War, and the Spanish-American War. The very first time either of us had taken the 284 foot journey to the top of the monument was on our very first date, over 5 years ago. It was August, and there was no air conditioning up there. Yes, I'm more than certain we smelled lovely when we stopped in for dinner at a nice downtown dining establishment later on...
We hadn't been back since then, but I thought it would be fun, plus they remodeled the interior space a couple of years ago,so we wanted to see how it had changed. The tiny elevator seems not to have changed (yes, you can choose to walk up the narrow staircase all the way to the top, but yes, we decided the $2 fee was worth it to skip the 270 steps), but the interior at the top is slightly better, with at least new glass to peer through from your perch in the city center. The space up there is still very small - good thing there were only a few other people up there with us at any given time!
We lucked out and picked a gorgeous February day to head out to the monument, and we had a fabulous view of the Capitol, Lucas Oil Stadium, and the War Memorial. The architecture inside the monument is also pretty neat!
We also took time to tour the war museum in the base of the monument - something we've been meaning to do forever, and finally got around to. It's a pretty decent museum for being limited to a small space. And we stopped in to check out the Central Library after lunch. Not to mention that earlier in the day, we toured the Benjamin Harrison House, which Mel will blog about later since it was on her list. We had a pretty decent day playing tourists in our own city!
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