Thursday, June 2, 2016

The Museum Had a Birthday

On Friday, June 2, 1939, the Museum at Guernsey State Park opened. If my math is correct, that would make it 81 last week. – Happy Birthday - 

Interesting and sad that the hard-working Civilian Conservation Corps men, who built it, were all gone by the opening date. The last CCC workers left Guernsey in August of 1938.
Guernsey State Park CCC Museum

I spent nearly an hour trying to find a few other events, famous events that happened on that day. Guess what? Not much could be found. Maybe I should have started this post with the headline, Today’s Most Important Event in America - The Opening of Guernsey State Park’s Fabulous CCC Museum. That sounds pretty good and not nearly as grim as the only other happening that made much news that day, a brutal beating murder in Chicago.


My Grandson Looking Around Inside the Museum
Actually, I told Him to Pretend He was Looking at the Displays
Then I Had a Hard Time Getting Him to Leave
History is Great for all Ages
(photo from 2015)

Want to learn more about Guernsey State Park? Take a look at my book on the CCC and the building of the park here. It is available in softcover and as an eBook, a large number of photos both new and historical, (200 or so) in the book, make the softcover an excellent coffee table, office, or gift book. Take a look today, and thanks!


Happy Birthday!
Just One of the Wonderful Views From the Museum

*This post is an updated version of a 2016 post. Thanks for reading.

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