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La Porte County Historical Society 
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Meetings and Events Regular meetings of the La Porte County Historical Society, Inc. are held at the La Porte County Historical Society Museum, 2405 Indiana Avenue, Suite 1. The museum is located on the east side of US#35 at the south entrance to La Porte. Dinner meetings (May and September) are held at the Activity Center for Older Adults Main Floor, 910 State Street, La Porte, IN. This is the old Central Fire Station building east across Madison Street from La Porte Hospital. Unless otherwise noted, meeting time is 7:00 p.m. Both facilities are handicapped accessible.GUESTS are WELCOME! Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Activity Center for Older Adults FIRST FALL MEETING of the La Porte County Historical Society, Inc.—CARRY-IN DINNER. SOCIAL TIME is 6:00 p.m. followed by DINNER at 6:30 p.m. Bring a covered dish (salad, vegetable, dessert, etc.) and own table service. RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST! Call (219) 342-6767, e-mail info@laportecountyhistory.org or stop at the museum to reserve before DEADLINE, September 17, 2010, 4:30 p.m.
PROGRAM: “CORDIALLY INVITED: A Look at Vintage Weddings” This will be a PowerPoint production by Susie Richter, Assistant Museum Curator, which will include photographs and stories of weddings in La Porte County. It will feature historic fashions and accessories of long-ago brides and grooms. Interspersed will be wedding songs appropriate to the times sung by Bruce Johnson, South Central School teacher and member of the historical society Board of Directors. Bruce and Susie will close the program with a duet. Accompaniment will be by James Rodgers, Museum Curator.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 La Porte County Historical Society Museum
PROGRAM: “CEMETERY TALES: An abbreviated tour of Pine Lake Cemetery” Fern Eddy Schultz, La Porte County Historian, member of the historical society Board of Directors and President of the Pine Lake Cemetery Association, will take attendees on an abbreviated tour of Pine Lake Cemetery without leaving the meeting room of the museum. Sites of unusual markers, interesting “residents,” historic locations and much more will be offered. Handouts will be available for individuals to take an on-site Self-Guided Tour at their leisure.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 La Porte County Historical Society Museum
PROGRAM: “HISTORY OF THE LA PORTE CO. SHERIFF’S DEPT.” This history will be presented by current La Porte County Sheriff, Mike Mollenhauer.
*********** The Society does not meet during the months of June, July, August and December
Click HERE for extra photo page. MONTHLY MEETINGS PURPOSES OF THE SOCIETY To promote historical inquiry and the study of Indiana history and the history of La Porte County by a program of education for the general public and by a program of meetings and activities for members of the society. HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY At that time, the Society's collections were put on display in the basement of the La Porte County Circuit Court House. There the Museum remained until the La Porte County Complex was designed and an area was included to provide a much needed increase in space for the Society and its collections. On September 17, 1978, the Museum opened to the public with 17,788 square feet of display rooms, office and storage space. The Society is a non-profit organization, incorporated October 24, 1921. Its Museum is manned by three part-time, paid employees who work under the direction of a 12 person Board of Directors. Staff is assisted by a number of volunteers. All are devoted to the accumulation, identification and presentation of items of historical and educational significance to La Porte County--to the end that people may have a more appreciative understanding of the glorious heritage handed down from the works of man and from the realm of nature. |
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