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20-701: In 1901, Russell Harrison , the son of former U.S. president Benjamin Harrison, facilitated the sale of a U.S. Arsenal near downtown Indianapolis. The U.S. Army used the proceeds to buy land in 1903 in a more remote area, where the fort is located today. Secretary of War Elihu Root named the post for President Benjamin Harrison in honor of Harrison's hometown. Fort Benjamin Harrison saw its highest levels of activity during World War I and World War II . The Fort Benjamin Harrison Reception Center (for inducting draftees) opened in 1941 and by 1943

40-855: A companion of the Military Order of Foreign Wars . He also became a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States in succession to his father. In 1891 he became an early member of the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution . In 1908 he returned to public service, serving as consul to Mexico until 1927, and doubling as the consul to Portugal from 1919 to 1927. He first entered politics in 1921, serving two two-year terms in

60-628: A great-grandson of U.S. President William Henry Harrison . Born in Oxford, Ohio , Harrison grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana , where his father had a successful law practice. Harrison graduated from the Pennsylvania Military Academy and in 1877 graduated from Lafayette College where he took courses in mining and engineering. In 1878, his grandfather John Scott Harrison was exhumed from his grave and hung by his neck in

80-963: A new facility, the Lawrence Readiness Training Center, which opened in 2011. The facility houses four units, including the 76th Brigade Combat Team headquarters. The Veterans of Foreign Wars maintains its headquarters for the Department of Indiana on the site at 9555 E. 59th Street. Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The district encompasses 100 contributing buildings, one contributing site (Parade Grounds), and three contributing structures (Water Tower, Kent Avenue Bridge, and Bandstand). It includes one and two-story Colonial Revival style brick buildings that were part of

100-617: A tree near the Ohio Medical College. Harrison oversaw communication with newspapers during the incident. At the end of 1878, he moved to Helena, Montana , where he took a job in the U.S. Assay Office with the help of his father who was then a United States senator . During his time there, he met and married May Saunders, the daughter of ex-Governor and ex-Senator Alvin Saunders of Nebraska, on January 10, 1884. The couple had two children, William Henry and Marthena. In 1885

120-692: The Indiana House of Representatives . In 1924 he was elected to the Indiana State Senate where he served two four-year terms. He died of a heart attack in Indianapolis on December 13, 1936. He was the last surviving child of Benjamin and Caroline Harrison. Base Realignment and Closure Commission Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

140-544: The Adjutant General School had completely vacated Fort Benjamin Harrison. The Finance School also moved to Fort Jackson in 1995. The Interservice Postal School was located at Fort Benjamin Harrison in the 1970s under the US Army Institute of Administration (USAIA), and was staffed by instructors from all four services. It also moved to Fort Jackson in 1995. Beginning in 1965, Fort Harrison

160-719: The Membership Services staff who maintain the organization's membership database and provide direct-marketing services for membership renewal and new-member acquisition. It also houses the Emblem Sales Division which provides Legion merchandise, and the Fundraising Division which draws support for both national and department-level programs. On May 29, 2009, the Indiana National Guard held a ground-breaking ceremony for

180-814: The Terre Haute Street Railway Company, which he reorganized into the Terre Haute Electric Street Railway Company. His son, also named William Henry Harrison III – who later became a United States Representative for Wyoming – was born in Terre Haute in 1896. During the late 1890s, he was admitted to the bar. With the outbreak of the Spanish–American War , Harrison was commissioned as a major and inspector general in May 1898. He served in

200-685: The United States reestablished the Military Police Corps in 1941, an MP school was established at Camp Glenn and was in operation by early 1942. The area was also used to detain Italian and German prisoners of war in 1944 and 1945. In 1947, the Army declared Fort Harrison to be surplus property, but declined to completely close it due to a lack of adequate training space for the Indiana National Guard . From 1948 to 1950,

220-668: The area. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service —Indianapolis, several United States Army Reserve , two United States Marine Corps Reserve detachments, United States Navy Reserve , Indiana National Guard units, the United States Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS), an AAFES post exchange and commissary are still located at the former post. Since 1999, the American Legion has had its John H. Geiger Operations Center located at Fort Harrison. The center houses

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240-405: The athletes, but the buildings were not built. Fort Benjamin Harrison was closed as part of the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission . The site of the base has since been redeveloped, and includes residential neighborhoods, a golf course, and is the site of Fort Harrison State Park . Although the base has officially been inactivated, there is still a very significant military presence in

260-850: The family moved briefly to New York City , but had returned to Montana by 1890 when Harrison purchased the Helena Daily Journal . He became estranged from his father following the latter's remarriage to a much younger woman, Russell Harrison's first cousin Mary Scott Lord Dimmick . Using the wealth, Russell Harrison invested in the Austin and Northwestern Railway, public transportation systems in Richmond and Muncie, Indiana, and engaged in land speculation in Montana. In 1894, he moved to Terre Haute, Indiana as president of

280-609: The force that occupied Puerto Rico and later became inspector general of Puerto Rico. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in January 1900, and finally discharged in December of the same year. After the war he moved his family to Indianapolis, where he set up a law office. By right of his service in the Spanish–American War, as well as his descent from President and Major General William Henry Harrison , Harrison became

300-765: The home of the United States Army Adjutant General School in March 1951. In 1957, the school moved into the new Gates-Lord Hall along with the United States Army Finance School . At the time, this 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m) building was the third largest owned by the Department of Defense. The Adjutant General School remained there until the Base Realignment resulted in its move to Fort Jackson , South Carolina , starting in 1991. By 1995,

320-687: The movement and creation of a number of training classes in financial, clerical, and information technology (most notably the Programmer/Analyst Course and the Computer Machine Operator Course) the fort was given the derisive moniker "Uncle Ben's Rest Home" implying that no real military training took place there. The Fort was the site of the Athletes' Villages for the 1987 Pan American Games . Construction documents were created for new buildings to house

340-511: The original fort complex. They include residential and administrative buildings, service / utility buildings, and the hospital unit. Russell Benjamin Harrison Russell Benjamin Harrison (August 12, 1854 – December 13, 1936), also known as Russell Lord Harrison , was a businessman, lawyer, diplomat, and politician. Harrison was the son of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Harrison , and

360-546: The post functioned as Benjamin Harrison Air Force Base. The Tenth Air Force was moved from Omaha, Nebraska , and headquartered at both Schoen Field on Fort Harrison and Stout Army Air Field in Indianapolis. Overcrowding and inadequate facilities soon forced the 10th Air Force to move to Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan , and the Army reacquired control of Fort Benjamin Harrison. It became

380-637: Was also the home of the Defense Information School (DINFOS). This was staffed by enlisted personnel and officers from all branches of the US military along with members of allied military personnel. DINFOS trained service members and Department of Defense employees to become journalists in print, radio, television, and photography, as well as training them in advanced supervisory roles in editing, public affairs, and media and community relations. In 1995, DINFOS moved to Fort Meade, Maryland . With

400-549: Was the largest reception center in the United States. Within Fort Harrison was Camp Glenn , named in honor of Major General Edwin Forbes Glenn , who had served as Fort Harrison's commandant from 1912 to 1913, and who had commanded the officer training that began at his camps in 1916. Camp Glenn was a Citizens Military Training Camp (CMTC) that was also used to house Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers. When

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