 Blackford County ’ s monument to veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars is located on the southeast corner of the courthouse square . Congressman David Dennis spoke at the 1973 dedication of this monument . The monument , originally contained a list of the county ’ s war dead from the two wars . It was expanded in 1987 to include all of the county ’ s veterans of the two wars . A tablet on the left of the monument lists veterans of the Korean War , while a tablet on the right side lists veterans of the Vietnam War . 
