When I interviewed Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness in July, I asked what success would look like on the morning of August 2, after two immigration-related events were expected to bring sharply opposing groups to Fishers.

“That everyone’s safe,” Fadness answered.

On Saturday morning, the city issued another statement saying Fishers “did not ask to be a part of this debate.”

Now it is Sunday morning, August 2. I have found no reports of arrests, injuries or violence connected with Saturday’s events, so the mayor’s basic test of success appears to have been met.

But another question has emerged: Was the Save Heritage Indiana rally ever held in Fishers?

For days, Save Heritage Indiana publicly advertised its invitation-only immigration rally as a Fishers event. Its official event page identified Fishers as the location and said the exact address would be provided to ticket holders after purchase. General-admission tickets cost $50, and the event was later listed as sold out.

The featured speaker was Greg Bovino, a former commander-at-large of the U.S. Border Patrol. The organizers also advertised prerecorded remarks from Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith and Attorney General Todd Rokita, along with an appearance by state Rep. Jim Lucas.

Despite those repeated references to Fishers, no independent news organization has confirmed that the rally was held anywhere in the city.

A screenshot circulated online Saturday that purported to direct attendees to the Hancock County Public Library in Greenfield before they proceeded in small groups to another location. The Indiana Capital Chronicle properly described that email as unconfirmed.

Other online accounts later suggested the gathering may have occurred on private property in rural Boone County. Those assertions also remain unverified.

Photographs and portions of a subsequently deleted livestream do establish that a gathering took place. They show Bovino speaking from a podium inside a large white tent, with an audience seated in folding chairs. But the images contain no recognizable exterior landmarks or other details that independently establish where the tent was located.

Save Heritage Indiana organizer Daniel Poynter told the Capital Chronicle that two media outlets had been given exclusive access, but he declined to identify them. As of Sunday morning, I have not found an independent report from inside the rally. Poynter also declined to provide an attendance figure.

The public event held in response to the rally unquestionably took place in Fishers.

The Hoosier Hospitality March began at Holland Park late Saturday afternoon and proceeded to the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater. It was organized by Fishers Resists and several partner organizations as a demonstration of support for immigrants and opposition to mass deportations.

No official crowd count was conducted. The Capital Chronicle estimated attendance at about 1,000. I watched the event in person, and from my vantage point, the crowd appeared to exceed 1,000 people.

Organizers ended the program somewhat early as lightning approached the area.

It is possible the Save Heritage Indiana organizers originally intended to hold their rally in Fishers and later changed locations because of security, weather or difficulty securing a venue. It is also possible that Fishers was deliberately publicized while the actual location was kept elsewhere. At this point, we simply do not know, because the organizers have not explained what happened.

What we do know is that Fishers spent days in the public spotlight. Residents debated the event, city officials and police prepared for it, news organizations covered it and more than 1,000 people participated in a public response.

The unanswered question is therefore one for Save Heritage Indiana: Why did the organization repeatedly identify Fishers as the site of its rally if the event ultimately took place somewhere else?

Until the organizers disclose the venue—or independent evidence establishes it—the most accurate conclusion is this: The rally occurred somewhere in central Indiana, but there is growing reason to doubt that it occurred in Fishers.

Fishers may have carried the public consequences of an event it never actually hosted.