Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

1201 Churchman Avenue, Beech Grove, Indiana

( Memorial is on Churchman Avenue east of South 13th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

The first public demonstration of the electric light bulb was given by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey, but the first practical incandescent light bulb was invented by Lewis Howard Latimer, who was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, but lived in Indiana for a time. Latimer was also the first African American to be employed as an engineer by the U.S. Patent Office.