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    Vincennes is a city in, and the county seat of, Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the lower Wabash River in the southwestern part of...
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    British and U.S. forces built and occupied a number of forts at Vincennes, Indiana. These outposts commanded a strategic position on the Wabash River...
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    the county population was 36,282. The county seat is Vincennes. Knox County comprises the Vincennes, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area. In 1790, Winthrop...
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    Vincennes University (VU) is a public college with its main campus in Vincennes, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1801 as Jefferson Academy, VU is the...
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    cryptologic code machine failed once Vincennes arrived at Ponta Delgada. Unable to receive follow-on orders, the Vincennes remained in port from 4–6 June 1940...
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    Square, Vincennes, Indiana, commemorating Vincennes on 25 February 2008. Captain Will C. Rogers III, the then-commanding officer of USS Vincennes speaks...
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    Henderson, Kentucky; Madisonville, Kentucky; Vincennes, Indiana; Washington, Indiana; and Jasper, Indiana. The dissecting point of the three states is...
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    Siege of Fort Vincennes or the Battle of Vincennes, was an American Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana. In February...
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  • The Diocese of Vincennes (Latin: Dioecesis Vincennapolis) was the first Latin Church diocese in Indiana. It was erected 6 May 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI...
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    Fort Vincennes where the modern city of Vincennes, Indiana, is located. Despite pleas by the governor of Louisiana to increase funding for Vincennes's project...
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    The Vincennes Trace was a major trackway running through what are now the American states of Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. Originally formed by millions...
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  • Vincennes Lincoln High School, usually referred to as Lincoln High School within Vincennes and archaically as Vincennes High School, is a high school...
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    USS Vincennes may refer to: USS Vincennes (1826), was an 18-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1826 and sold in 1867 USS Vincennes (CA-44), was a New Orleans-class...
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    time the Indiana Territory was formed, the two main American settlements in what would later become the state of Indiana were at Vincennes and Clark's...
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    Grouseland (category Vincennes, Indiana)
    manufactured not far from Vincennes. It is believed to have been the first brick building in Vincennes as well as the Indiana Territory. Limestone blocks...
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    William Henry Harrison (category People from Vincennes, Indiana)
    13, 2021. "Grouseland". Historic Vincennes. Retrieved November 13, 2021. "History – Vincennes University". Vincennes University. Archived from the original...
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  • The Vincennes Alices were a minor league baseball team based in Vincennes, Indiana. After the "Vincennes" team was briefly a member of the 1896 Kentucky-Indiana...
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  • The Indiana Military Museum is a military museum located in Vincennes, Indiana. Jim R. Osborne began collecting surplus military equipment as a child after...
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    there were numerous skirmishes around Vincennes in 1786 between American settlers and Native Americans near Vincennes, a frontier town on the Wabash River...
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    anchored in Evansville and also includes Jasper, Princeton, Terre Haute, Vincennes, and Washington. Previously referred to as "The Bloody Eighth" at the...
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    of Vincennes Civil War Days - Vincennes, Indiana Fort Branch Fall Days - Fort Branch, Indiana Bear Hollow Fall Fest & Dasholz - St. Croix, Indiana Gastoff...
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    St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and Library (category Vincennes, Indiana)
    French: Basilique Saint-François-Xavier de Vincennes) is a historic Catholic church in Vincennes, Indiana, under the Diocese of Evansville. Named for...
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  • School, Vincennes Rivet High School, or simply Rivet High School (within Vincennes) is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Vincennes, Indiana. It is...
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    Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana; and for her care of the orphaned, the sick, and the poor of the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana. Anne-Thérèse Guérin was...
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    until 1987. Gimbel patriarch Adam Gimbel opened his first store in Vincennes, Indiana, in 1842. In 1887, the company moved its operations to the Gimbel...
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    Francis Vigo (category People from Vincennes, Indiana)
    Vigo". Indiana Public Media. Retrieved 2025-02-27. Law, John; Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society (1858). The Colonial History of Vincennes. Lincoln...
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    Sieur Juchereau established the first trading post near Vincennes. In 1715, Sieur de Vincennes built Fort Miami at Kekionga, now Fort Wayne. In 1717, another...
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    Indianapolis (SSN 697) were dedicated as a memorial at the Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes, Indiana, on June 8, 2019. Attendees at the commemoration ceremony...
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    Red Skelton (category People from Vincennes, Indiana)
    effects to Vincennes University, including prints of his artwork. They are part of the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy at Vincennes, Indiana. Skelton...
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    George Rogers Clark Flag (category Indiana in the American Revolution)
    flag was made in Vincennes, Indiana, and likely flew over Fort Sackville even before Clark arrived. On 12 November 1778, Vincennes resident François...
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