Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1894 — G. A. R. MEMORIAL HALL. [ARTICLE]

G. A. R. MEMORIAL HALL.

Porter County’s Magnificent Tribute —to Her Fallen Heroes. Valparaiso and Porter county claim the honor of erecting the first memorial hall in the State of Indiana to the memory of Porter county volunteer soldiers and sailors and their services for freedom. The grand structure stands as a perpetual and lasting tribute. To Chaplain Brown Post, No. 106 G. A. R., assisted by the ever willing Woman’s Relief Corps and Valparaiso’s generous cit izens, this monument, casting 115 000, is due. This beautiiul structure was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies on the evening of Nov. 26.