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Columbus, Indiana, erects signs as Pence’s hometown

Columbus, Indiana, erects signs as Pence's hometown | iNFOnews.ca
A crew from the City of Columbus drills holes to mount a sign proclaiming Columbus as the hometown of Vice President-elect Mike Pence on US-31 north of Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Jan 19, 2017. The crew drilled the holes in the sign so they could mount it easier when the put it up Friday. (Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
Original Publication Date: January 19, 2017 4:16AM
Publication Updated: April 26, 2025 9:37PM

COLUMBUS, Ind. – Vice-President-elect Mike Pence’s hometown of Columbus, Indiana, is erecting signs at the gates to the south central Indiana city declaring it’s his hometown.

Columbus firefighters began measuring Thursday morning for the placement of the signs on poles along U.S. 31 on the north side of the city and State Road 46 on the west side.

The (Columbus) Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2jDtN3d ) the signs were to be erected by about 11:30 a.m. Friday, just before Pence is sworn in as vice-president in Washington.

Pence will be the sixth vice-president from Indiana and the first since Huntington’s Dan Quayle in 1989-93 under former President George H.W. Bush.

Columbus has a population of about 46,000 and is 50 miles south of Indianapolis.

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Information from: The Republic, http://www.therepublic.com/

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