Last year, the first Bluffton History Day told the story of when John Dillinger’s gang robbed the Citizens National Bank in 1933 and the Bluffton residents who experienced it.
By Paula Pyzik Scott
On Saturday, August 10, the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will celebrate the Bluffton Fire Department with a Bluffton History Day program that recreates an 1898 photograph of volunteer firefighters shooting water over Main St. as a test of the new Village water system.
Food, entertainment and a display of vintage fire apparatus will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at Main and Cherry streets. The fire department program will begin at 11:00 a.m. with the ringing of the Town Hall bell, which was originally installed as a way to sound the official call to firemen.
The public is invited to set up their lawn chairs and blankets on the grass surrounding the gazebo on the lawn of Bluffton Presbyterian Church. A sound system will provide a wide listening area for announcements by emcee Sam Sprunger, music by Four Guys and a Gal, a bucket brigade competition and a program by Fire Chief Jon Kinn and historical society members.
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