AS I MENTIONED IN EARLIER BLOGS THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE (present day Battle Ground, Indiana) WAS THE OPENING CONFRONTATION OF THE WAR OF 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.
A beautiful park with an excellent interpretive museum sits on the former battle site in BATTLE GROUND, a small town located about seven miles north of Lafayette, Indiana.
Many of the large oak trees today were actually around at the time of the Battle of Tippecanoe when it was fought on November 7, 1811.
- In 1836 John Tipton, a survivor of the Battle of Tippecanoe, gifted the 16 acre battlefield site to the state of Indiana.
- In 1873 a black iron fence was erected around the battlefield site.
- In 1908 the Tippecanoe Battlefield monument was dedicated
- In 1963 the site was designated a NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.
If you ever visit PURDUE UNIVERSITY or Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana please come out an visit the monument, museum, and walk the beautiful grounds. BURNETT's CREEK (see previous blogs: REFLECTIONS FROM A CREEK THAT MADE A PRESIDENT) is literally a stone's throw from the western edge of the battlefield site. It is a great place to relax and enjoy nature.
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