Spring has finally arrived and the Museum is blooming with activities! Following the opening of the 2009 exhibit, people from central Indiana descend upon the Museum for Park Day 2009. In partnership with the Civil War Preservation Trust, Park Day is a national program where people volunteer at parks, battlefields, […]
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A mid-winter warm up sent a major storm system through the area on February 11th. Over 3 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. The runofff created quite a few ‘rivers’ running through the grounds. The runoff follows the topography of the land and flows along side of […]
Fall has come and gone here at the Study. The colorful leaves have fallen and mowers have been put away for the winter. The ground is on its way to being frozen and the first snow storm is being predicted. The myrtle is still blooming and the hydrangea blooms have […]
Saturday morning found Crawfordsville High School students helping to divide iris and hostas at the Study. Helen Hudson’s honor students have adopted the local Amtrak station and needed some plants to fill some spots in the gardens at the train station. Hostas, albomarginata and ‘Fragrant Blue’, and a deep purple […]
Today students from Wabash College participated in community service at the Lew Wallace Study as part of Wabash Day 2008. Wabash Day 2008 (October 11-12) is a national day of community service that “is tied to the core values of the college requiring men to to be responsible citizens and […]
How awesome was the Taste of Montgomery County? Words cannot describe, but I’ll do my best anyway! There was so much to take in that day, I’ll just hit a few highlights. Of the twenty booths, I was only able to taste a few things, but one of my favorites […]
Summer at the Study has been a wonderous treat for the nature lovers. The gardens are in full glory and the wildlife has found a bountiful feast. Lantana, verbena, butterfly bushes and coneflowers are visited by goldfinches, hummingbirds and numerous varieties of butterflies. The yellow swallowtail butterfly is the most […]
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN, July 19, 2008— Deb King, Grounds Manager of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, is eager to fish from General Wallace’s moat, an activity that Wallace himself greatly enjoyed from 1898-1903. “General Wallace had a ‘moat’ dug around half of his Study during its construction, and he […]
Presentations represent daily life of Union soldiers under Wallace’s command CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN, June 21, 2008— The scent of campfires and the sounds of Stephen Foster songs will fill the air once again at the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum for its annual Civil War encampment weekend, July 12 and […]
The grounds of the Study are filled with blooming wildflowers. Wild hyacinth, allium, iris, wood violets, prairie trillium are just some of the wonderful plants found on the Study grounds. Gardens are in the process of being planted. Cannas, elephant ears, caladiums, castor beans, lantana are some of the plants […]