Rocket mural of Mitchell.

Painting of the Gus Grissom Rocket Monument

Down the street from the Gus Grissom Rocket Monument, on the outer brick wall of a downtown building, is an ambitious mural that also honors Gus, one of the original seven NASA astronauts. We were told that the now-faded mural was painted by a local high school student. On a backdrop of a rippling American flag are a paddlewheel steamboat, a school bus, empty railroad tracks -- and the Gus Grissom Rocket Monument. Not a portrait of Gus, or the rocket blasting off into space, but of the limestone carving of the rocket -- which is within sight, only three blocks away.

Which, of course, makes it perfect. If Gus was still around, we know he'd appreciate it.

Note: in 2023, the mural is chipped and further faded... and ripe for a next-gen muralist Gus Grissom fan.

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Also see: Virgil I. Gus Grissom Memorial Museum

Painting of the Gus Grissom Rocket Monument

Address:: 6th St., Mitchell, IN
Directions:: Downtown, on the northwest corner of 6th and Main Sts.

Nearby Offbeat Places

Gus Grissom Boyhood Home Museum, Mitchell, IN - < 1 mi.

Gus Grissom Rocket Monument, Mitchell, IN - < 1 mi.

Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom Memorial Museum, Mitchell, IN - 3 mi.

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Pigeon Roost Massacre Site, Underwood, IN - 39 mi.

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