George Rogers Clark Memorial, mural no. 004, Vincennes, Indiana

Vincennes - the British barrier to the west

Description: Photograph of mural 4 in the rotunda of the George Rogers Clark Memorial in Vincennes, Indiana. The mural was created on a single piece of Belgium linen 16 feet by 28 feet. This mural, VINCENNES - THE BRITISH BARRIER TO THE WEST depicts the attack on Fort Sackville (1779), continued in the early morning of February 24, after the beginning of firing the preceding evening. Clarks expert riflemen silenced fire from the fort and put the cannon out of action by shooting through the port holes wherever the defenders appeared.Hamilton finally asked for a truce. Intimidated by Clarks vigorous statement of the situation, he agreed to an unconditional surrender. This was the culmination of Clarks campaign, in its conception, its execution, and its results comparable to Washingtons Yorktown campaign two years later.Nowhere in our history is there a greater exhibition of the power of a personal leadership to raise men to unsuspected heig
Origin: 2006-03-18
Created By: Winter, Ezra, 1886-1949
Contributor(s): Knox County Regional History Day, March 18, 2006
Publisher: From the private collection of the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, Vincennes, Indiana.
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcc/id/97
Collection: Knox County Community
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Copyright: Copyright Undetermined
Subjects: Murals
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (Vincennes, Ind.)
Monuments & memorials
Winter, Ezra, 1886-1949
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818
Famous Hoosiers
Wars & Conflicts

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