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HISTORIC LANDMARK BREAKFAST
A historic landmark breakfast beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday will be held at center court in the Hoosier Gym. Following an old-fashioned country breakfast served at center court, Mervin Kilmer will address the gathering about the history of the Hoosier Gym, how it was built with private funds, chosen as a location for the movie, and restored for public use as a community center. The Rev. Kilmer is president of the Hoosier Gym and former chaplain and dean of students at the Indiana Soldiers & Sailors Home in Knightstown.
Speaking about the town’s foremost landmark, the Knightstown Academy, will be Robert Myers, president of Historic Knightstown Inc. and lifelong area resident. Also at the breakfast will be a vintage fashion show, which will feature ladies’ dresses spanning the 1850s through the 1950s. The dresses are from the collection of Melva Smith of Greenfield, Ind., who will narrate the show. Smith is a member of the Hancock County Historical Society and has been collecting vintage fashions since 1981. Knightstown High School cheerleaders will model the dresses.
Tickets for the historic landmarks breakfast and fashion show are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Tickets are available locally at the Hoosier Gym, Old Hoosier House Bed & Breakfast, Knightstown Public Library, Knightstown Antique Mall and the Henry County Convention & Visitors Bureau. |
