While you might try to avoid your own high school reunion, the Door County Historical Society invites you to attend one that has not had a new graduating class in approximately 50 years. The Door County Historical Society is hosting a Vignes School Reunion next month after years of students reminiscing about the times they had in the building during visits at Heritage Village at Big Creek. The school was built in the Town of Clay Banks in the 1890s and served students until the 1970s. It continued to serve the community until the 1990s as the host of its town hall meetings before it was eventually donated by the town to the Door County Historical Society and moved the nine miles to where it stands today. Executive Director Amy Frank says the opportunity to connect the dots between the physical building and the people who filled it for years is important and one that does not often come up.

The Vignes School Reunion will include a special recognition for all of its students, tours of the building, and opportunities for alumni to help the history really come alive. The Door County Historical Society is encouraging Vignes School alumni to donate pictures and other memorabilia and record oral histories of their time there. The Vignes School Reunion runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on September 16th. 

Picture courtesy of the Door County Historical Society