George
Rogers Clark National Historic Park Travel Planner"Out of despair and destruction he brought concerted action. With a flash of genius the twenty-six-year-old leader conceived a campaign that was a brilliant masterpiece of military strategy."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the dedication of the Clark Memorial, June 14, 1936.
A classic memorial stands on
the site of Fort Sackville to commemorate the capture of the fort from
British Lt. Governor Henry Hamilton and his soldiers by Lt. Col. George
Rogers Clark and his frontiersmen on February 25, 1779. The heroic march
of Clark's men from Kaskaskia on the Mississippi in mid-winter and the
subsequent victory over the British remains one of the great feats of
the American Revolution. Adjacent to the memorial there is a visitor center
where one can see interpretive programs and displays.
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