Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags in Marion and Hendricks counties to be flown at half-staff to honor Lawrence Firefighter Jeffrey Holt, who died in the line of duty. Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of his funeral, Friday, May 4, 2018. Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents in Marion and Hendricks counties to lower their flags to half-staff on Friday to honor Holt and his service to the community.

A new widget to display “Recently Updated Pages” is now active in the right sidebar.

Added a page for Dyer’s “A compendium of the War of the Rebellion : compiled and arranged from official records of the federal and Confederate armies, reports of the adjutant generals of the several states, the army registers, and other reliable documents and sources” under the RESEARCH tab.

A map marking the Indiana counties with no last soldier information as of April 26, 2018 was added to the “Last Solider Project” page under the ACTIVITIES tab.

On this solemn day, we mourn the loss of Barbara Bush, an outstanding and memorable woman of character.  As a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, military spouse, and former First Lady, Mrs. Bush was an advocate of the American family.  Mrs. Bush lived a life that reminds us always to cherish our relationships with friends, family, and all acquaintances.  In the spirit of the memory of Mrs. Bush, may we always remember to be kind to one another and to put the care of others first.

As a mark of respect for the memory of Barbara Bush, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, on the day of interment.  I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-second.

DONALD J. TRUMP

Issued April 17, 2018

Added new “GAR Post of the Month” page under the ABOUT tab, added new “Indiana in the War of the Rebellion” page under the RESEARCH tab, and added content to the “War of the Rebellion (Official Records): Series I” page under the RESEARCH tab.

Chickamauga National Military Park Indiana Civil War Monuments have been added to the map. NOTE: Adding photographs of some monuments is ongoing.

Added “Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion,” “The Photographic History of the Civil War,” and “The Civil War Through The Camera: Hundreds of Vivid Photographs Actually Taken in Civil War Times, Together with Elson’s New History”pages under the RESEARCH tab.

Added “Ancestors of Members” pages under the RESEARCH tab.

Added pages for “The medical and surgical history of the War of the Rebellion,” and for the “The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Civil War” under the RESEARCH tab. Please note the OR pages are under heavy construction and will be added to over time.