Historical context
About this institution
Indianapolis’s Medal of Honor Memorial is an outdoor national commemorative landscape along the canal behind the Indiana State Museum. Its twenty-seven curved glass walls group recipients by conflict and carry names, service branches, and the locations of heroic actions. Daily stories at dusk and a motion-activated audio program turn the memorial walk into an interpretive experience rather than a static list of names.
Why it matters to Medal of Honor research
The memorial provides a national name-and-conflict framework, a direct official description of its twenty-seven glass walls, and an audio interpretation model. It is especially useful for studying how a single civic landscape represents the full recipient community without confusing inscriptions with award custody.
Collection guide
What to look for
The following highlights summarize the strongest verified reasons to include this institution in the archive. They are a planning guide, not a promise that every object is on view at all times.
◆Twenty-seven curved glass walls etched with the names of all recipients
◆Conflict, service-branch, and action-location organization
◆Daily recipient stories played at dusk
◆Motion-activated thirty-minute audio narrative
Verified connections
Medal of Honor relationships
1 total
Permanent Medal of Honor memorial walk
Indiana Medal of Honor etched glass walls
The Indiana War Memorials Foundation identifies 27 curved glass walls etched with Medal of Honor recipients’ names, service branches and locations of valor, with evening stories and audio. These are inscriptions, not medal objects.
Verified 2026-10-10 · Permanent
Evidence sources and scope
Collection focus
Historical specialties
Twenty-seven etched glass panels with recipient namesOutdoor canal-side memorial and stories at duskRecipient name, conflict and service-branch interpretation
Service connections
U.S. Army · U.S. Navy · U.S. Marine Corps · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Coast Guard
Conflict connections
Civil War · World War I · World War II · Korean War · Vietnam War
