Greencastle 2022

Greencastle Indiana has the distinction of being one of the only places in the country with a Nazi war trophy in its town square. This war machine is a German built V-1, commonly known as a "Buzz Bomb." Adolf Hitler unleashed the V-1, precursor of the cruise missile, against London in 1944.
It was a new German weapon, literally a "flying bomb." Officially it was simply FZG-76. The pilotless anti-aircraft designation was a ruse to throw allied spies off track. In Britain, it was known as the "doodlebug." This is one of two "Buzz Bombs" in the United States. The other is in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. It is intended as a memorial to those who lost their lives in World War II from Putnam county.
Also in the Video is the East College building of DePauw university. DePauw University was founded in 1837, by the Methodist Church. It was originally named Indiana Asbury University by Francis Asbury. Greencastle, Indiana, was the chosen site because the community worked diligently to raise $25,000 - a huge sum in those days - to convince the Methodists to establish their college in the rough, frontier village. In January of 1837, the General Assembly of the State of Indiana granted a charter for the establishment of the university, and the cornerstone of the first building was laid that year. Three years later the first president of the university, Matthew Simpson, a friend and counselor of Abraham Lincoln, was inaugurated and the first class graduated. Over several decades, the curriculum developed from a traditional, classical one to a set of courses that included history, composition, and the natural sciences. Indiana Asbury University grew quickly, although many men left the university to fight for either North or South during the Civil War. In 1867, the college admitted a small group of women. This was with strong support of the faculty and Board of Trustees. In 1871, the construction of East College began. It took 13 years to build, but East College still remains the centerpiece of the campus. Washington C. DePauw and his family generously gave more than $600,000 to the university during the economic hardships of the 1870s, and out of gratitude the trustees authorized the change in name to DePauw University. W.C. DePauw and his family took a special interest in the formation and progress of the School of Music, which was founded in 1884, and is one of the oldest in the country. DePauw University has a distinguished faculty and an academically talented student body. Although the university has undergone many changes over the last 150 years, the sense of its history is still obvious on the campus and in its traditions.