The Bremen History Center is located at 111 N. Center St. in the one-time hotel/bank in the center of Bremen, Indiana. It is open to visitors free of charge: Every Tuesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. By... Continue Reading →
Historic Bremen has had the kind confirmation of the Bremen Fire Department that painting your fire hydrant to celebrate America 250 is perfectly fine. We have the original paint schemes for numerous hydrant shapes and characters that we've just put... Continue Reading →
Historic Bremen was recently given a BHS band bass drum from 1938-39 by Bremen High School. The drum is purple and gold, which was our school colors until 1940. And it features the name of William Franklin, the drum major... Continue Reading →
Bremen [BRAY-men], Germany is a Free Hanseatic City on the Weser River with a population of about 586,000. There are, in the United States, twelve towns named after it.
From time to time, we scan the portraits and sport team pages of the Bremen High School yearbooks and post them on our Flickr account. These are available in our digital "Yearbooks" collection. Today, we posted 1987, 1988, and 1989.... Continue Reading →
Bremen is sometimes called "Mint City", as it was known at one time as the mint capital of the world. We have a substantial amount of information about the local mint industry in our digital archives and some interesting exhibits... Continue Reading →
Check our Facebook page for up-to-date notices of the Bremen History Center being closed for weather. As a rule of thumb, we don't open when the weather is predicted to be a high of less than 20 degrees.
Loretta Huff-Smith passed away a few days ago. She and her husband Jim established the Bremen Holy Walk in 1981 on their farm. It continues 44 years later. In 2010, two years before Jim's death, they sat down with Historic... Continue Reading →
We say goodbye to our friend and longtime volunteer, Charlene Beery. Charlene was a dedicated schoolteacher for many years and continued to give to the community as a Historic Bremen board member and volunteer. In 1976, she had her third... Continue Reading →
It didn't happen in Bremen, but many older residents will remember the mysterious 1973 train derailment in Wyatt that killed engineer Glen Perkins and (pictured above) train fireman Delroy Liepelt. It was blamed on an unknown person breaking the padlock... Continue Reading →
The Bremen History Center welcomed the Bremen High School class of 1960 for their 65th reunion. Turnout was robust at 13 classmates & spouses. A good time was had by all. Not pictured: Simon Borkholder. Ann Scott & Kent Koontz... Continue Reading →
The Bremen Historic Train Depot on Douglas Road will be open from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sep 7, the first Sunday of the month. The History Center will not be open at the same time. It is open Tuesdays and... Continue Reading →
In the early 1950s, Bremen's art teacher, Justine Baker, began a project to paint a number of classic film scenes that would become beloved artifacts among Bremen residents for many decades. Most of the scenes are plucked from Disney films,... Continue Reading →
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