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Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army post located in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, between 1906 and 1991. It is named for the 23rd United States president, Benjamin Harrison.
At Fort Harrison, landscape and history blend together in this unique setting on the northeast side of Indianapolis. The 1,700-acre park features walking and jogging trails, picnic sites, fishing access to Fall Creek, and two national historic districts.
Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army installation established June 28, 1904, in Lawrence Township. Shortly after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War of 1898, Secretary of War Elihu Root, with the local guidance of Lieutenant Colonel Russell B. Harrison, helped to relocate the U.S. Arsenal situated in downtown Indianapolis.
Fort Harrison, sometimes called Fort Ben, [2] is an Indiana state park located in Lawrence, Indiana, United States, and occupies part of the former site of Fort Benjamin Harrison. The park features a former Citizen's Military Training Camp, Civilian Conservation Corps camp, and World War II prisoner of war camp.
North of 56th Street at Post Road, Indianapolis For a time in the ’30s, Fort Benjamin Harrison served as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, and during World War II, it housed, at various times, German and Italian prisoners of war.
Located in Lawrence Township, Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park is about 12 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis and is a 1,700-acre park consisting of the largest forest in Central Indiana.
During World War II it became the largest reception center in the United States and literally thousands of young draftees earned their first taste of Army life at Fort Benjamin Harrison. For a short period, from 1948 to 1950, the facility functioned as Benjamin Harrison Air Force Base.
For nearly a hundred years, Fort Benjamin Harrison served as an epicenter of training and organization for United States Army in Indianapolis, Indiana. However, budget cuts pushed the U.S. Congress to close Fort Harrison under the Defense Base Re-Alignment and Closure Act of 1991.
Named after the 23rd US President (and resident of Indianapolis), this fort was completed in 1908 and remained in operation until 1991. Since then the buildings and grounds make up Fort Harrison State Park. The fort's most active moments came during both world wars.
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