Fort Sackville was a British outpost located in what is now Vincennes during the Revolutionary War. The approximate location of Fort Sackville is near where the George Rogers Clark Memorial stands today. This fort would be in the same area as the French built fur trading post that started Vincennes in 1732.
The George Rogers Clark Memorial was a major feat of architectural engineering. Constructed between 1931 and 1933 it towers over the national park's landscape. Like pieces in a puzzle, the memorial came together piece by piece until the whole was completed.
In the midst of the American Revolution, George Rogers Clark was sent from Virginia to lead an expedition against the British in the Northwest frontier. Clark's success in capturing British forts in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys in 1778 and 1779 allowed the Americans to claim territories that would eventually become the states of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
