By STEVE MARTIN
Sheridan Historical Society
Last year, the Sheridan Historical Society worked to honor local veterans by displaying banners along Main Street with their pictures and service information. At the end of the year, we also dedicated one of our Museum Christmas trees to the veterans by decorating it with ornaments displaying their pictures and service information.
As it turned out, the Veterans Christmas tree became one of our holiday highlights, so much so that we have decided to leave the tree up and continue the display of the veteran ornaments for the near future.
We had discussions at the Museum about how to decorate the tree in addition to the veteran ornaments. Memorial Day and Fourth of July were at the top of our list for display variations, of course, but every month has its own special flavor.
What started as a Veterans’ Christmas tree in December will now become a year-round display with highlights appropriate to the season.
Currently we are working on Valentine items to augment the tree for February, something Easter-ish for March/April in addition to shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day. Anyway, you get the picture here. We will continue our Veterans Memorial Tree and have fun dressing it out to focus attention on the season as well as our veterans.
We are also continuing to offer copies of the veterans’ buttons for sale for $5 each to anyone interested. Over the past month, we have been busy making buttons for families and friends; it has proven to be a nice fundraiser for the Sheridan Historical Society. If you are interested in having buttons made of your favorite veteran, please stop by and place an order.
The Sheridan Historical Society would love to have come in and see our Veterans Memorial Tree. We are located at 315 S. Main St. in beautiful uptown Sheridan, just on the country side of Hamilton County, and serving as the northwest entryway to Indiana’s most progressive and prolific county.
Our hours are Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday of each week from 1 to 4 p.m. We are closed most holidays, except for Fourth of July and Halloween when we invite you to enjoy our uptown community Main Street activities.