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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8318436, member: 20201&quot;]<b>1966 Indiana Statehood</b></p><p><b>Heraldic Art Medal</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1473116[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1473117[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>You can&#039;t spell <b>INDIANA</b> without <b>INDIAN</b></p><p>And the two conjoined busts on this Heraldic Art so-called half dollar were no strangers in fighting them.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the foreground is past president William Henry Harrison who died after 31 days becoming president, the shortest time a US President ever served.</p><p>Before election as president, Harrison served as the first congressional delegate from the Northwest Territory and the first Governor of Indiana Territory.</p><p><br /></p><p>He gained national fame for leading U.S. forces against Native Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, where he earned the nickname &quot;Old Tippecanoe&quot;.</p><p>He was promoted to major general in the subsequent War of 1812, and served in the Battle of the Thames the following year. This battle resulted in the death of Tecumseh and the dissolution of the Native American coalition which Tecumseh had led.</p><p><br /></p><p>Behind him is George Rogers Clark</p><p>George Rogers Clark was an American surveyor, soldier, and militia officer from Virginia who became the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He was the second of 10 children of John and Ann Rogers Clark, who were Anglicans of English and Scots ancestry.</p><p>Five of their six sons became officers during the American Revolutionary War. Their youngest son William was too young to fight in the war, but he later became famous as a leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.</p><p>George Rogers Clark served as leader of the militia in Kentucky (then part of Virginia) throughout much of the war. He is best known for his celebrated captures of Kaskaskia in 1778 and in 1779 Clark led a small force across a harsh, wintry terrain &amp; took Vincennes.</p><p><br /></p><p>His men covered 180 miles in 18 days, often without food, and marching through icy water. This attack was the high point of Clark&#039;s careerduring the Illinois Campaign, which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clark&#039;s major military achievements occurred before his thirtieth birthday.</p><p>Afterwards, he led militia in the opening engagements of the Northwest Indian War but was accused of being drunk on duty. He was disgraced and forced to resign, despite his demand for a formal investigation into the accusations.</p><p><br /></p><p>He left Kentucky to live on the Indiana frontier but was never fully reimbursed by Virginia for his wartime expenditures. He spent the final decades of his life evading creditors and living in increasing poverty and obscurity.</p><p><br /></p><p>In later life Clark continued to struggle with alcohol abuse, a problem which had plagued him on-and-off for many years. </p><p><br /></p><p>He also remained bitter about his treatment and neglect by Virginia, and blamed it for his financial misfortune. Died an invalid, an amputee and suffered from strokes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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