August 2024 Newsletter
Family history was a theme during August, with a talk at the Jefferson Parish Library and a library archivist speaking at the GACC meeting.
Carol Schlueter is director of the German-American Cultural Center and Museum in Gretna, Louisiana. She is from a family of German immigrants. Her Schlueter relatives came to Texas in 1846 from Hanover, Germany, and settled in Fredericksburg, Texas, near San Antonio. She grew up in the Houston area and came to New Orleans in 1980.
Prior to joining the GACC, Carol served as executive director of publications at Tulane University for 24 years. In her diverse career in New Orleans, Carol also worked in marketing and public relations for Hibernia National Bank and at a graphic design and advertising agency. She also had a seven-year career in journalism, working as a reporter for the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal newspaper in Beaumont, Texas, and as a business writer for the Durham Sun newspaper in Durham, North Carolina.
Family history was a theme during August, with a talk at the Jefferson Parish Library and a library archivist speaking at the GACC meeting.
Do you know your family history? Learn more about genealogy at our August 17 meeting.
The Friends of the GACC are now meeting monthly at Salem Lutheran Church, due to renovations at our usual location. But our pretzels continue!
Friends, just a reminder about our meeting this Saturday, June 15, at 6 p.m. We will NOT meet at 519 Huey P. Long – we will meet in Schmid Hall at Salem Lutheran Church in Gretna. Check the attached information. We hope to see you then.
The GACC Friends will have a new location for the June 15 meeting — Schmid Hall at Salem Lutheran Church in Gretna, at 6 p.m.
May Pole dances and the Maifest Beer Garden are coming soon to the GACC in Gretna!
Irish colors filled the GACC meeting room in March 2024 in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.
The 1963 and 1964 Queen of GRELA came from a Gretna family with German ancestry. A new museum exhibit honors her reign.
Baseball historian S. Derby GIsclair gave GACC members a fascinating look at Gretna’s baseball hero, Mel Ott, at our recent meeting.
A Glühwein toast — German mulled wine — set the tone for the annual GACC Christmas party, one of several holiday events in Gretna.