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| George Rogers Clark Memorial in Vincennes, Indiana History about Vigo and him came be found here. |
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| Francis Vigo statue at the George Rogers Clark Memorial in Vincennes, Indiana I took these facts from Wikipedia about Vigo: Francis Vigo was an Italian-American who aided the American forces during the Revolutionary War and helped found a public university in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. Born in Mondovi, Italy, he served with the Spanish Army in New Orleans. |
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| In this memory box are keepsakes that belonged to my uncle Raymond. He served in the US Navy during WWII. Although I was only three years old, I remember his graduation from pilot school which took place at George Field in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Lawrenceville is just across the Wabash River from Vincennes, Indiana. |
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| newspaper article found with my mom's photos The article is from 1930, reissued in 1980 in the Vincennes Sun Commercial. Vincennes is in southern Indiana, where I was born. |
