World War I Monument

Historical marker location:

25 N Broadway, Peru, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of North Broadway and East Main Street (Business U.S. 24), on the right when traveling north on North Broadway.)

Marker installed: 1930

"Spirit of the American Doughboy".

The notorious bank robber John Dillinger was born in Indiana in 1903. He gained national notoriety during the Great Depression for a string of daring bank robberies and was eventually shot and killed by law enforcement in 1934.