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Please mark your calendar for August 11, and plan to join us at 7:00 P.M. in the Jury Pool Room in the Thomas F. Donelon Building (formerly known as the courthouse annex) in Gretna for the celebration of our society's 31st anniversary and the dedication of the reproduction of the mural by Leonard Flettrich, which once welcomed visitors to the "new" Jefferson Parish Courthouse (dedicated in March 1958 and demolished in June 2008).

Because the mural was painted on plaster over cinder blocks, attempts to save the mural were unsuccessful. The Jefferson Parish Historical Commission then hired the New York firm of Evergreen Painting Studio, Inc., to perform a tracing by hand and paint a "to-scale" replica of the original Flettrich mural.

The Flettrich mural is a vivid portrayal of law and its various applications and connotations. When the mural was first viewed in 1958, a reporter for the "New Orleans Item" described the art by writing "New Orleans artist Leonard Flettrich . . . has portrayed in his fresco...scenes which represent the important laws of state and country, both civil and religious."

Although many of you will remember Leonard and be familiar with this mural, as well as his other works, even more of us will remember his wife Terry, who for years entertained many of us as children with her portrayal of Mrs. Muffin on TV Channel 6.

Free, well-lighted parking will be available in the lot at Derbigny and Second streets. To enter the Jefferson Parish Courthouse Complex, you will be required to pass through a security check for your own safety, so please remember to leave your metal files, manicure scissors, and other such metal objects at home or in your autos for the evening.

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