<Li> On February 25, 1929, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the surrender of Fort Sackville, the U.S. Postal Service issued a two - cent postage stamp depicting the event . </Li> <Li> In 1975 the Indiana General Assembly designated February 25 as George Rogers Clark Day in Indiana . </Li> <Li> In 1979 Indiana's automobile license plates commemorated the 200th anniversary of Clark's capture of Fort Sackville . </Li> <Li> A bronze statue of Clark is one of several erected on Monument Circle, surrounding the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana . Sculptor John H. Mahoney received the commission to create the statue, which was completed in 1895 . </Li>

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