Lunch and a Bite of History: A Turner's Tragedy

Kim Kerrigan is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato, and the grandnephew of James Schneider, a gymnastics instructor at New Ulm’s Turner Hall, 1897-1901. Kerrigan will share information about his granduncle’s fulfilling years in New Ulm and his untimely death as a result of the 1903 Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago that claimed over 600 lives.

Thursday, October 2nd | 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Free Admission | Reservations Required

Brown County Historical Society Museum Annex
12 N. Broadway, New Ulm, Minnesota
Email: ZWR1Y2F0aW9uIHwgYnJvd25jb3VudHloaXN0b3J5bW4gISBvcmc= or call: 507-233-2616

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