Saturday, as participants enjoyed Girard Homecoming and Fall Festival activities, just one block south of the square, the Girard History Museum held a reception to commemorate its recent expansion. Located at 300 S. Summit St., the Girard History Museum relies on community volunteers and members of Friends of Historic Girard to preserve historic sites and educate people about the town’s unique history. Since its opening in 2000, the museum has held tours in the former St. John’s Episcopal Church. Recently, however, the museum recently an expansion that created additional space for meetings and restoration. “We were just in the church building and it’s not conducive to do any work or to have any meetings. It’s nice for our displays but what we found is we had no place to work, to clean anything, to even have our board meetings, and we were trying to get on the internet and get out there more,” said Terri Harley, president of the Friends of Historic Girard. “We have a phone. We’ve never been able to have a phone. We have Wi-Fi now.
Source: Morning Sun
