Johnson County Civil War Memorial

Historical marker location:

Franklin, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of Jefferson Street and North Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Jefferson Street.)

Marker installed: 1905

The first public school system in the United States was established in Indiana in 1852. The state was also home to the first kindergarten in the United States, which was founded in 1873 by a German immigrant named Margarethe Schurz.