Each year approximately 200 union electricians gather on Monument Circle to string the 4,784 lights and 52 garland strands which become the centerpiece of Downtown Indy, Inc.’s Circle of Lights® presented by IBEW #481.  It’s truly a spectacle to behold.  Here’s a behind the scenes look at the process. Each strand is checked and bulbs […]

Hey kids – color for a chance to flip the switch during Circle of Lights. My daughters ask me every year why they can never win the Carson’s Coloring Contest for Circle of Lights  to meet Santa and flip the switch to light Monument Circle. It’s tough luck being the kid of a Downtown Indy, Inc. […]

Lady Victory: All eyes fall on me as I am THE center of the city perched atop the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument over 284 ft. above Monument Circle (only 15 ft. shorter than the Statue of Liberty!). Made of limestone and designed by German architect Bruno Schmitz, I was dedicated in 1902. For the […]