Elwood in Madison County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Wendell L. Willkie

Placed at the entrance to Callaway Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Bowyer, June 17, 2007

1. Placed at the entrance to Callaway Park

Inscription.
Republican Presidential candidate delivered his acceptance speech at Callaway Park, August 17, 1940.

Willkie’s Democrat opponent, Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940 election and later appointed Willkie to Britain as a liaison during World War II.

Erected 1990.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt series list. A significant historical date for this entry is August 17, 1940.

Location. 40° 17.157′ N, 85° 50.202′ W. Marker is in Elwood, Indiana, in Madison County. It can be reached from the intersection of North 19th Street and North J Street. The marker stands at the entrance to Callaway Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elwood IN 46036, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana

and specifically in Greater Indianapolis.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically,

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it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wendell Willkie (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Wendell L. Willkie (approx. half a mile away); Landmark Oak (approx. 5.9 miles away); Indiana’s First Interurban (approx. 8.7 miles away); Micajah Chamness Sr (approx. 8.9 miles away); Alexandria Veterans Memorial (approx. 9 miles away); Vinson Cemetery War Memorial (approx. 9.9 miles away); General John Tipton (approx. 10.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elwood.

Another marker is no longer nearby. New Purchase Boundary (Treaty of St. Mary's) (was approx. 10.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . Wendell Wilkie. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on January 5, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Wendell Lewis Willkie, 1892-1944 image. Click for full size.

courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, circa March 30, 1940

2. Wendell Lewis Willkie, 1892-1944

Credits. This page was last revised on September 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,905 times since then and 10 times this year. Last updated on March 20, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. It was the Marker of the Week August 17, 2025. Photos: 1. submitted on June 17, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. 2. submitted on September 15, 2024. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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