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Versailles Area
Historical Society Museum dedicated
Photos by Dick Coffield
The Versailles Area Historical Society’s Museum was dedicated on June
13. The theme was “Honoring our past; educating the present; and
preserving for the future.”
A Welcome Volley was provided by Darke County Parks while the
invocation was given by Pam Groff, Member Living Waters Ministry. The
Versailles High School Band played the National Anthem.
The program included the following:
Remarks by the Mayor of the Village of Versailles
Remarks by Debra Pohl, President of the Versailles Area Historical
Society
The Museum Dedication
Honoring Our Ancestors with a twenty-one gun salute
American Legion Post & V.F.W. Posts from Versailles, North Star,
& Osgood
The Playing of Taps
The Benediction – James Kelch, Member of Trinity Lutheran Church
“America the Beautiful” by the Versailles High School Band
The Ribbon Cutting by Versailles Chamber of Commerce & the Trustees
of the Versailles Area Historical Society
Tours and refreshments were offered after the program.
The Board of Directors of the Versailles Area Historical Society:
Debra Pohl, President
Ron Kramer, Vice President
Sarah Magoto, Secretary
Beverly Brown, Treasurer
Alice Huffman, member
James Kelch, member
Mary Ann Olding, member
Senator Keith Faber, 12th Ohio District
Representative Jim Buchy 84th Ohio District
Versailles High school Band, Kevin Taylor, Director
Darke County Parks Reenactor, Chris Supinger
The VAHS wishes to thank all its volunteers who have spent countless
hours in preparation for this museum. If it were not for you, we would
not be here this evening.
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